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Economic Contributions of the State University System of
Florida in Fiscal Year 2009-10
Sponsored Project Report to
The Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida
Alan W. Hodges, PhD, Thomas J. Stevens, PhD, and Rodney L. Clouser, PhD
University of Florida, Food & Resource Economics Department
Julie Harrington, PhD, Martijn Niekus, Drs, and Keith Baker, PhD
Florida State University, Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis
March 8, 2012
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Methodology ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Data Sources ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Regional Economic Analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Results ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
SUS Degree Production ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Graduate Earnings and Employment ...................................................................................................................... 11
Revenues and Sponsored Funding .......................................................................................................................... 16
State University System Employment .................................................................................................................... 17
SUS Operating, Payroll and Capital Improvement Expenditures ............................................................................ 18
Student Enrollment and Spending .......................................................................................................................... 20
Total Economic Impacts .......................................................................................................................................... 24
Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Literature and Information Sources Cited .................................................................................................................. 30
Appendix A: Glossary of Economic Impact Terms ...................................................................................................... 32
Appendix B. Summary of Detailed SUS Expenditures and IMPLAN Sector Assignments ........................................... 35
Appendix C. IMPLAN Multipliers and Regional Purchase Coefficients for Selected Industries and Social Accounts in the State of Florida (2010) .......................................................................................................................................... 40
Appendix D. Descriptions of Institutions in the State University System of Florida................................................... 43
Appendix E. Visitor Attendance and Spending at the University of Florida ............................................................... 48
Appendix F. Economic Impacts of Technology Spinoff Companies Affiliated with the University of Florida ............ 50
Appendix G. Key Facts about Florida State University’s Economic Impact on Tallahassee-Leon County in 2010 ..... 51
Appendix H. Florida State University Commercialization Fact Sheet ........................................................................ 54
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Executive Summary
The State University System (SUS) of Florida is one of the largest public university systems in the United States,
consisting of 11 separate institutions and 30 campus branch locations across the state. In an era of declining
public funding for higher education, it is important for public policymakers to understand the economic
contributions to society made by universities. This report was commissioned by the Board of Governors of the
State University System of Florida to provide an assessment of its economic contributions to the State. This
analysis considered SUS spending for payroll, operations, and capital investment by each university and their
affiliated component units in fiscal year 2009-10, along with the increase in net present value (NPV) of equivalent
lifetime (30 year) earnings generated by university graduates who were employed in Florida, above those
reported for Florida high school graduates.
The main findings of this study are as follows:
In 2009-10, the SUS had overall enrollment of 312,216 students (209,309 full-time equivalents), and
awarded 73,579 academic degrees, including 53,392 bachelors, 15,956 masters, 2,175 doctoral, and 2,056
professional (specialist) degrees.
The SUS of Florida employed over 58,000 persons in the State, including 16,864 full-time and part-time
faculty and instructors, and over 16,000 other professionals.
SUS expenditures on operations, payroll, and capital improvements totaled just over $9.0 billion in FY
2009-10. SUS related expenditures by students (excluding tuition and on-campus room and board)
totaled $4.5 billion that same year.
Procedures for estimating SUS graduate earnings differentials were refined over previous Florida studies
to more accurately project future earnings over time and estimate the proportion of graduates working in
the State.
The present value of increased earnings by SUS graduates over a 30 year work life was estimated at $30.9
billion in 2010 dollars.
The total economic impacts of SUS expenditures and graduate earnings differential were estimated at
771,245 full-time and part-time jobs, $79.91 billion in output or revenues, $51.90 billion in value added,
$31.22 billion in labor income to employees and business owners, $16.57 billion in other property income,
and $4.11 billion in indirect business taxes to local, state and federal government agencies in Florida.
The employment impacts of the SUS represented 7.89 percent of the total state workforce in 2010
(9,773,730 positions), while the total value added impacts represented 7.27 percent of the State’s Gross
Domestic product in 2010 ($713.84 billion).
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Total expenditures and economic impacts in Florida associated with the SUS for FY 2009-10 are summarized in
Table ES1.
Table ES 1. Summary of expenditures and total economic impacts of the State University System of Florida in FY
2009-10
Category Expenditures
(million $) Output Impact
(million $)
Value Added Impact
(million $)
Employment Impact
(fulltime and part-time
jobs)
Operations $4,768.8 $6,527.7 $4,258.3 53,519
Payroll $3,392.8 $4,774.1 $3,033.9 100,716
Capital Investment $883.4 $2,356.3 $1,325.3 19,752
Student Spending $4,535.8 $3,735.4 $2,670.0 39,969
Total SUS Expenditures & Impacts $13,580.8 $17,393.5 $11,287.5 213,956
Present Value of Graduate Earnings Differential $30,856.1 $62,517.6 $40,612.8 557,290
Total All Activities $44,436.9 $79,911.2 $51,900.3 771,245
All values in 2010 dollars. Impact estimates include IMPLAN regional multiplier effects of supply chain activity (indirect effect)
and employee household and government spending (induced).
Acknowledgements
Important assistance for this study was provided by the staff of the SUS Board of Governors: Chris Kinsley,
Director of Finance and Facilities, and Tim Jones, Chief Financial Officer. Also, the research team would like to
thank the Florida Educational Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP) Director, Teresa Miller and Benita
McMillian (Database Consultant) for their assistance and effort in obtaining the FETPIP SUS Summary Outcomes
Report for FY2009-10, and for the associated High School Graduate data for FY2009-10.
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Introduction
The State University System (SUS) of Florida is one of the largest public university systems in the United States,
consisting of 11 separate institutions and 30 campus branch locations across Florida (Figure 1), with 80 million
square feet of building space, and 40,533 acres of land (SUS Quick Facts, 2010). In academic year 2009-10, the SUS
had overall enrollment of 312,216 students (209,309 full-time equivalents), and awarded 73,579 academic
degrees, including 53,392 bachelors, 15,956 masters, 2,175 doctoral, and 2,056 professional (specialist) degrees.
The University system had over 58,000 employees, including 16,864 full-time and part-time faculty and
instructors, and over 16,000 other professionals. The Florida SUS is consistently rated as among the best values in
higher education in the United States, offering a high quality educational experience at very low costs for tuition.
Descriptions of each of the 11 institutions of the State University System of Florida are described in Appendix D,
based on information available from each university’s website.
Figure 1. Location of institutions in the State University System of Florida
Source: SUS Board of Governors
The education and skills that students attain at Florida’s universities enhance and contribute substantially to
the state’s economy. The contributions to human capital provided by these institutions are increasingly
important to the welfare of all citizens as the technological revolution makes increasingly complex demands
for new ways of thinking and doing in the global economy. The accelerating pace of change presents new
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challenges that require a highly skilled workforce. Increasing numbers of highly trained engineers, scientists,
mathematicians, and information system specialists are required to meet these challenges.
The SUS regularly produces acclaimed advances in teaching, research and industry collaboration in a variety
of fields. The number and quality of its graduates fulfill much of Florida's skilled workforce requirements, but
presently the supply of graduates with relevant expertise does not begin to meet intrastate, national or
global demands. Such extant shortages are detrimental to the advancement of Florida’s economy and
hamper the state's advancement into global markets.
In an era of declining public funding for higher education, it is important for public policymakers to understand
the economic contributions to society made by universities. This report was commissioned by the Board of
Governors of the State University System of Florida to provide an assessment of the economic contributions to
the State by the SUS. This analysis considered SUS spending for payroll, operations, and capital investment by
each university and their affiliated component units in fiscal year 2009-10, along with the increase in net present
value (NPV) of equivalent lifetime (30 year) earnings generated by university graduates who were employed in
Florida, above those reported for Florida high school graduates. This report updates a previous study by Lynch et
al. (2001) following similar, although not identical, methods, and follows the methodology used in a recent study
of the University of Florida (Hodges et al., 2011).
Methodology
Data Sources
The approach taken to this economic impact analysis was based on university expenditures. The methodology is a
standard approach that has been used in previous economic impact research studies on higher education in
Florida (Harrington et al., 2005, and Lynch et al., 2003). Expenditures for university operations, personnel payrolls,
and capital improvements for fiscal year 2009-10 (ending June 30, 2010), were taken from the consolidated
financial statements for the SUS, with supplemental detail provided by the Board of Governors financial staff.
Data on direct employment were taken from the Board of Governors Annual Report for 2010. In addition to the
primary university budgets, operating expenditures and direct employment were also included for component
organizations, such as hospitals and faculty practices, direct support organizations such as athletic associations
and research foundation, and other business enterprises. Expenditures by students at each university were
estimated based upon “cost of attendance” data, together with local room and board rates, and student
enrollment, broken down by level (undergraduate, graduate). All expenditures are summarized in Appendix A.
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The economic impacts of increased earnings received by FY 2009-10 SUS graduates over their working lifetime,
compared to Florida high school graduates were also estimated in this analysis. Data on employment and earnings
for Florida SUS and high school graduates were obtained from the Florida Educational Training Placement
Information Program “Outcomes Report” for Fall 2010 (FETPIP, 2011), which provides information for graduates
in fiscal year 2009/10, and the report for Fall 2009 providing information for graduates in fiscal years 2006/07,
2007/08 and 2008/09. This information is based upon matching of Social Security numbers for graduates to
employer and school databases, rather than surveys of graduates, to determine the number of graduates who are
employed or continuing education in Florida. Reported earnings for employed graduates in the fourth quarter can
be expressed as annual equivalent earnings. The share of SUS graduates who leave the state workforce was taken
from a report by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) of the Florida
Legislature (2005), based on previous FETPIP outcomes reports. The reported earnings for Florida high school
graduates were used as a baseline to compare the greater earnings of SUS graduates at each institution. The
earnings differential for SUS graduates was projected over a 30-year period, representing a typical working
lifetime.
The net present value of the average lifetime earnings differential was computed using the U.S. Census Bureau
earnings estimation methodology. This present value was then expanded to reflect the total number of FY 2009-
10 SUS graduates who were fully employed in the fall of 2010. This method assumes a median salary structure
rather than extrapolating graduate starting salaries from the previous five years salaries in the labor force. The
analysis does not calculate present value (PV) of future incomes, but instead uses a salary structure or matrix. An
advantage of the method is that no assumptions are needed for pricing adjustments or discount rates to use. Also,
it reduces potential bias concerning the FETPIP sample (e.g., the top graduating students are first to get greater-
than-average wages). It provides greater definition on age group cohorts: ages 18-22 years, 22-26 years, 24-28
years, 27.5-31.5 years, and 27.5-31.5 years. Estimates from previous research studies were used for further out-
of-state adjustment for the Florida SUS graduates expected to be either employed outside Florida, self-employed,
unemployed, stay-at-home parents, active in the military, incarcerated, or pursuing further education. The
lifetime earnings methodology did not account for the SUS graduate’s opportunity costs associated with
attendance at other universities.
Due to time constraints, this study did not consider the economic impacts of visitor spending or technology
licensing to spinoff companies for the SUS as a whole, as was done in a recent study for the University of Florida
(Hodges et al., 2011), however, these results for UF and FSU are provided as examples in the Appendix.
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Regional Economic Analysis
The total economic impacts of SUS-related spending was estimated with multipliers generated using a regional
economic input-output model for the state of Florida that was constructed with the IMPLAN economic impact
modeling system (MIG, Inc., 2011). Input-output analysis is a widely used procedure for estimating economic
impacts that is based on mathematical models of a regional economy in terms of the specific mix of industries and
institutions, and the linkages between industries, employees, households, and governments. IMPLAN regional
models account for industrial output, employment, value added, commodity production and consumption,
personal income, household and institutional spending, domestic and foreign trade, marketing margins, business
inventories, capital investment, taxes, and transfer payments such as welfare and retirement pensions. IMPLAN
divides the regional economy into 440 business sectors defined according to the North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS), as well as consumption spending profiles for seven household income categories.
IMPLAN and other regional input-output models enable the derivation of economic multipliers which capture the
“ripple” effects of supply chain spending for input purchases (indirect effects), and household spending by
employees (induced effects) for new final demand to the state’s economy, as well as direct spending and
employment (Miller and Blair, 2009). Economic multipliers for each business sector and household income
category are used to estimate various economic impacts, including output or revenue, employment (fulltime and
part-time jobs), value added, labor-income, other property income, and indirect business taxes. The IMPLAN
economic multipliers and regional purchase coefficients used in this analysis are shown in Appendix B. The
assignment of SUS expenditures to IMPLAN sectors is given in Appendix A.
For accurate regional economic impact analysis, it is important to determine the source of revenues and the
destination of expenditures in relation to the study region, in this case the State of Florida. Spending from
revenues that originate outside the state represent new money that generates additional economic activity
through ripple or multiplier effects. In comparison, spending funded by local revenues contributes only to direct
effects, because these dollars would have been used for other purchases anyway, and therefore do not represent
net new economic activity (Watson, et al. 2007). Conversely, spending on goods and services imported from
outside the State represents a “leakage” of money, and generates no impacts for the State’s economy. The share
of spending inside of Florida was based on the State’s average percentage of total purchases of each particular
good or service. These shares are known as regional purchase coefficients, which were econometrically estimated
by the IMPLAN software based on the balance of supply and demand in the State for each product or service. The
total economic impacts of SUS associated spending funded by new dollars are equal to the sum of the direct,
indirect and induced effects multipliers applied to the portion of that spending that occurs inside the State. Direct
multipliers only were applied to SUS spending from local sources. Each expenditure item was assigned to the
appropriate IMPLAN sector. The proportion of expenditures for SUS operations and payroll designated as new
final demand was determined by the overall share of revenues originating from outside the State based on an
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analysis of the source of funds from the 2005-06 UF study. All expenditures for capital improvement projects
were treated as new final demand, by definition. Depreciation expenses on fixed assets were excluded from the
analysis since they do not represent cash transactions that generate current local economic impacts. The
proportion of nonlocal funding for student expenditures was determined by the aggregate sources of financial aid
utilized by students for tuition and living expenses, and their home residence.
The economic impacts of spending by SUS employees was based upon typical household expenditure patterns for
income brackets representative of UF Faculty, staff, and temporary employees. Student spending on tuition and
on-campus housing was not included in the analysis since these dollars were captured by SUS revenues and
spending. Sales by private vendors for campus food services, bookstores, and other concessions were not
included in this analysis since their activity is captured in the spending of employees and students. Retail margins
were applied to purchases of goods at retail stores by students and employees. A glossary of input-output
terminology and concepts is provided in Appendix A at the end of this report.
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Results
SUS Degree Production
As depicted in Table 1, the number of Florida SUS graduates increased from 62,832 in FY 2006-07 to 73,579 in FY
2009-10, representing a 17.1 percent increase over this four-year period. Similarly, the number of SUS degrees
awarded during this period increased by 16.4 percent for bachelors degrees, 22.1 percent for masters, and 19.9
percent for doctorates, but decreased slightly (-0.7%) for professional degrees. Over the past 30 years, the annual
growth in the total number of SUS degrees awarded has averaged 3.75 percent 1. In the same period, the number
of MS and Ph.D. degrees granted saw 4 percent and 4.1 percent annual growth, respectively, while the number of
Bachelor’s awarded degrees saw a steady annual growth of 3.67 percent. In comparison, the state’s population
grew at an annual rate of 2.4 percent during this same time period. This underscores how the increasing demand
by Florida’s technologically advancing economy have spurred a surge in SUS graduates that is approximately 1.4
percentage points higher annually when compared with the State’s corresponding increase in the general
population.
Table 1. Florida SUS degrees awarded FY 2006/07 to FY 2009/10
Degree 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Bachelors 45,875 51,307 53,078 53,392
Masters 13,073 13,663 14,296 15,956
Doctorate 1,814 1,928 1,959 2,175
Professional 2,070 2,253 2,282 2,056
All Degrees 62,832 69,151 71,615 73,579
Source: Florida Department of Education. Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP). State University Reports for FY 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2009-2010, at http://www.fldoe.org/fetpip/sus.asp. Professional degrees include Dentistry, Engineer, Law, M.D., Pharmacy, Specialist and Veterinary.
A total of 73,579 degrees were awarded by the Florida SUS during the 2009-10 academic year (Table 2). Bachelors
degrees accounted for 53,392, or nearly 73 percent, of all degrees, Masters degrees accounted for 15,956, or 22
percent, of degrees awarded, and Professional and Doctorate degrees each accounted for slightly less than three
percent of degrees awarded. The number of degrees awarded is important in terms of estimating the economic
impacts of higher earnings by graduates on the State’s economy.
1 Source: FETPIP data for FY 2006-07, FY2007-08, FY 2008-09, FY 2009-10 (http://www.fldoe.org/fetpip/), and earlier data for
1970-80 and 1998-99 taken from Lynch et al (2001), p. 12.
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Table 2. Degrees awarded by Florida SUS Institutions, academic year 2009-10
Institution Bachelors Masters Professional Doctorate Total
Florida A&M University 1,243 348 283 29 1,903
Florida Atlantic University 4,511 1,219 92 5,822
Florida Gulf Coast University 1,461 360 1,821
Florida International University 6,267 2,359 144 146 8,916
Florida State University 7,926 2,245 343 340 10,854
New College of Florida 153 153
University of Central Florida 9,969 1,960 260 12,189
University of Florida 9,302 3,862 1,170 957 15,291
University of North Florida 2,967 584 46 3,597
University of South Florida 7,891 2,544 116 284 10,835
University of West Florida 1,702 475 21 2,198
Total 53,392 15,956 2,056 2,175 73,579
Percent of Total 72.56 21.69 2.79 2.96 100 Source: SUS Data Online – 2009-2010 Degrees Granted (Interactive): http://www.flbog.edu/resources/iud/
Graduate Earnings and Employment
Average annual earnings and employment rates for Florida high school students and Florida SUS students
graduating with Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. degrees in FY 2009-10 are summarized in Table 3. Average annual
per-capita earnings for Florida SUS graduates in the fall of 2010 were $36,520 for graduates with Bachelors
degrees, $58,698 for Masters degrees, $66,743 for doctorates, and $70,716 for professional degrees. These
earnings were significantly higher than for students graduating with a high school diploma ($20,924). The average
annual earnings differential for all SUS graduates compared to high school graduates was $21,732, and ranged as
high as $49,792 for those with professional degrees. The percentage of 2009-10 SUS graduates who were found
employed in the state in the fall of 2010 was nearly 60 percent, and of those nearly 80 percent were employed
fulltime.
Table 3. Annual average per capita earnings and earnings differentials for Florida high school and SUS graduates in FY 2009-10
Education level
Total individuals graduating
Number found
employed Percent
employed
Number found
employed fulltime
Percent of employed who were
fulltime
Equivalent annual
earnings
Annual earnings
differential
Public high school 118,679 51,774 43.6% 23,168 44.7% $ 20,924 State University System, Bachelors 55,089 33,279 60.4% 24,908 74.8% $ 36,520 $ 15,596
State University System, Masters 15,034 8,837 58.8% 8,042 91.0% $ 58,698 $ 37,774
State University System, Ph.D. 2,165 743 34.3% 684 92.1% $ 66,743 $ 45,819
State University System, Professional 2,305 1,255 54.4% 1,142 91.0% $ 70,716 $ 49,792
State University System, All Degrees 74,593 44,114 59.1% 34,776 78.8% $ 42,656 $ 21,732
Annual earnings differential compared to high school graduates in same year. All values in 2010 dollars. Total number of individuals graduating with SUS degrees differs slightly from Tables 1 and 2 due to different data sources. Source: Annual Outcomes Report, Florida Education & Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP), Division of Accountability, Research and Measurement, Fall of 2010.
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Over the period 2006/07 to 2009/10, annual earnings for SUS graduates have increased faster than earnings of
high school graduates (Figure 2). The average annual per capita earnings of graduates, working full-time, are
increasing in each degree category over four years between FY 2006-07 to FY 2009-10. The per capita earnings for
PhD recipients ranged from $64,378 for those graduating in FY 2009-10 to $74,976 for those in FY 2006-07, after
three years of employment. Earnings for Masters graduates ranged from $58,449 to $64,420 (after three years
being employed), and earnings for Bachelor recipients ranged from $36,489 to $44,848. Earnings for high school
diploma recipients ranged from $20,924 in FY 2009-10 to $23,040 in FY 2006-07 (after three years of being
employed) over the same period.
Figure 2: Annual average per capita earnings for Florida high school and SUS graduates
Data are nominal dollar values. Source: Florida Department of Education. Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program (FETPIP), state University reports for FY 2006-07, 2008-09 and 2009-2010, available at: http://www.fldoe.org/fetpip/sus.asp. The life time earnings methodology was based on median earnings in the past 12 months (in 2010 inflation adjusted-dollars)
by educational attainment for the population 25 years and over2. Figure 3 presents the trend in the annual per capita
earnings differentials between high school graduates and SUS graduates working fulltime over the period 2006-07
to 2009-10. SUS graduates with Ph.D. degrees earned on average $45,819 more in FY 2009-10, and $51,936 more
than high school graduates in FY 2006-07 (after three years employment). Graduates working with Masters
degrees earned on average $37,774, $36,768, $38,816 and $41,380 more than high school graduates in the
respective years. SUS graduates working with Bachelor’s degrees earned $15,596, $15,596, $19,660 and $21,808
more than high school graduates, respectively.
2 The lifetime earnings data was based on US Bureau of Census Factfinder series: median earnings by educational attainment
for ages 25 and older, in combination with US Bureau of Census American Community Survey, for Years 2006-2008 and adjusted to 2010 dollars, available at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/, and http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/acs/index.html. Supplementary: Table 1, Synthetic Estimates of Work-life Earnings and Median Annual Earnings by Educational Attainment, Work Experience and Age, 2006-2008.
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$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07
Fall graduate
at 1 year in job
at 2 years in job
at 3 years in job
Public H.S.
SUS Bachelors
SUS Masters
SUS Ph.D.
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Figure 3. Annual average per capita earnings differential for Florida SUS graduates compared to high school graduates
In order to give a perspective on the contribution of the SUS to the Florida economy, the first step was to
calculate lifetime earnings for individuals based on average full-time labor income earnings in 2010 dollars
corresponding to each degree type. Table 4 presents the average annual income by age grouping and degree
program. At the base of the table, the median income is given as well, as an estimated average age at which the
median income will be obtained. The research team based the estimation of SUS graduates lifetime earnings over
a 30 year time horizon on methodology similar to that used by the U.S. Bureau of Census. In order to account for
the differential among graduates income levels associated with varying degree programs, it was assumed that
high school students enter the labor market at 18 years of age, Bachelor’s at 22 years, Master’s at 24 years and
both Ph.D. students and Professional degree students, at 27.5 years of age. For each degree program, polynomial
(non-linear) trend lines were estimated to derive the respective salaries at their year of graduation and upon
entering the labor market, in five-year time intervals, thereafter. Between the five-year intervals, the yearly
increments were estimated by linear extrapolation. At the base of the table, the median is given as well as an
estimated average age at which the median income will be obtained. The individual lifetime earnings by degree
program are provided in Table 5.
$-
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07
Fall graduate
at 1 year in job
at 2 years in job
at 3 years in job
SUS Bachelors
SUS Masters
SUS Ph.D.
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Table 4. Average incomes for high school, bachelors, masters, Ph.D. and professional degrees in Florida, 2010
Age (years) High School Bachelors Masters PhD Professional
25-29 $ 19,404 $ 28,798 $ 34,354 $ 43,736 $ 42,025
30-34 $ 21,392 $ 36,052 $ 43,357 $ 50,341 $ 59,417
35-39 $ 23,412 $ 41,997 $ 52,023 $ 64,794 $ 81,357
40-44 $ 24,435 $ 44,646 $ 55,934 $ 73,693 $ 87,350
45-49 $ 25,542 $ 47,601 $ 57,536 $ 70,235 $ 92,641
50-54 $ 25,467 $ 45,880 $ 55,311 $ 70,151 $ 94,559
55-59 $ 24,766 $ 44,665 $ 53,721 $ 70,177 $ 90,951
60-64 $ 24,143 $ 43,643 $ 52,520 $ 72,138 $ 95,902
Overall median income $ 23,479 $ 41,191 $ 49,976 $ 63,436 $ 77,898
Overall average age +/-37.4 +/-36.75 +/-36.2 +/-35.4 +/-33.75
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, public use microdata samples: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t#none, and http://www.higheredinfo.org/dbrowser/?level=nation&mode=data&state=0&submeasure=364.
Average ages for high school and bachelors graduates based on a Florida Board of Governors report: “State University System of Florida and Florida College System: A Comparative Profile”: www.fldoe.org/cc/pdf/comparative_profile.pdf and “traditional college-age population (18 to 24 years old)”http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d10/.
Table 5. Average individual lifetime earnings for high school, bachelors, masters, Ph.D. and professional degrees, and differential with high school graduates
Degree Estimated Lifetime Earnings Over Time
10 Years 20 Years 30 Years
High School $ 193,772 $ 425,322 $ 677,494
SUS Bachelors $ 323,328 $ 766,205 $ 1,227,636
SUS Masters $ 423,701 $ 981,621 $ 1,532,957
SUS Ph.D. $ 591,984 $ 1,312,104 $ 2,009,941
SUS Professional $ 698,549 $ 1,620,409 $ 2,551,504
Differential compared to high school graduates
SUS Bachelors $ 129,556 $ 340,883 $ 550,141
SUS Masters $ 229,929 $ 556,300 $ 855,463
SUS Ph.D. $ 398,212 $ 886,782 $ 1,332,447
SUS Professional $ 504,777 $ 1,195,087 $ 1,874,009
It is projected that graduates in each degree category will continue, as they have in the past, to add value to
Florida’s economy by virtue of their lifetime earnings. It is estimated that the present value of lifetime earnings
attributed to SUS graduates employed in Florida will total $30.856 billion over the next 30 years, or approximately
$1 billion annually in current dollars. The calculations from which the above data were derived were based on the
FY2009-2010 FETPIP Annual Outcomes report that pertains to both graduates employed in the state and those
employed out-of-state. To only measure those who were employed in-state post-graduation, the research team
based its methodology on a previous study conducted by Florida OPPAGA using previous research estimates of
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expected in-state graduates, by degree3. This involved additional adjustments for segments of Florida SUS
graduates expected to be either employed outside Florida, self-employed, unemployed, stay-at-home parents,
active in the military, incarcerated, or pursuing further education. The present value of lifetime earnings were
apportioned to the 11 SUS universities, based on student numbers, and the research team’s previous
methodology, using $30.856 billion over 30 the year timeframe, as shown in Table 6.
Table 6. Present value of estimated lifetime earnings differential for Florida SUS graduate degrees by SUS
institutions compared to high school graduates in FY 2009-10
SUS Degree / Institution
Present value of lifetime earnings
differential (million $)
All SUS degrees $30,856
Bachelors $19,599
Masters $7,621
Ph.D. $1,051
Professional $2,585
Florida A&M University $943
Florida Atlantic University $2,388
Florida Gulf Coast University $698
Florida International University $3,558
Florida State University $4,846
New College of Florida $54
University of Central Florida $4,704
University of Florida $7,006
University of North Florida $1,397
University of South Florida $4,378
University of West Florida $885
Lifetime earnings estimated for 30 years.
3 Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability, Dec. 2005. Florida’s University Graduates Tend to Stay in the State
Workforce After Completing Their Degrees.
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Revenues and Sponsored Funding
In fiscal year 2009-10, the Florida SUS had total revenues of $9.75 billion, including operating revenues of $6.83
billion and non-operating revenues of $2.92 billion (Table 7). These values included all component units and
auxiliary enterprises associated with the SUS. The largest operating revenue items were student tuition and fees,
net of scholarship allowances ($1.17 billion), hospital revenues (Shands Hospital at UF, $1.53 billion), and federal
grants and contracts ($959 million), sales and services of component units ($865 million), and nongovernmental
grants and contracts ($761 million). The largest non-operating revenue items were state appropriations ($2.12
billion and net investment income ($484 million). Overall, approximately 46.8 percent of total revenues to the SUS
represented new final demand from non-Florida sources.
Table 7. Revenues received by the Florida SUS in FY 2009-10
Revenue Item Amount
(million $)
OPERATING REVENUES Net Student Tuition & Fees $1,169.79
Federal Grants and Contracts $958.72
State and Local Grants and Contracts $145.03
Nongovernmental Grants and Contracts $761.42
Sales & Services of Educational Department $45.47
Sales and Services of Auxiliary Enterprise $649.97
Sales and Services of Component Units $865.10
Hospital Revenues $1,527.03
Royalties and Licensing Fees $71.76
Gifts and Donations $241.31
Interest on Loans Receivable $2.93
Other Operating Revenue $392.83
Total Operating Revenues $6,831.37
NON-OPERATING REVENUES State Appropriations $2,118.45
Non-Capital Grants, Donations $165.46
Am. Recovery & Reinvestment Act Funds $84.46
Net Investment Income $484.33
Other Non-Operating Revenue $62.87
Gain/Loss on Disposal of Capital Assets $4.00
Total Non-Operating Revenues $2,919.58
TOTAL REVENUES $9,750.94
Source: 2009/2010 University Financial Statements, Exhibit B, Board of Governors, Office of Budgeting and Fiscal Policy
A summary of Florida SUS institution grants, contracts and technology licensing activity in FY 2009-10 is presented
in Table 8. A total of 16,521 sponsored projects were active during the fiscal year, with 6,170 new grants or
contract awards received, and 7,300 renewed or continuing grants or contracts. Applications were submitted for
788 U.S. patents, and 247 patents were granted. The largest number of active sponsored projects was at the
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University of Florida (7,152), while the largest number of U.S. patents was awarded to University of Central Florida
(91).
Table 8. Summary of Florida SUS institution grants, contracts and technology licensing, FY 2009-10
UF FSU FAMU USF FAU UWF UCF FIU UNF FGCU NCF SUS
Proposals submitted to funding agencies
5,645 1,353 330 1,719 578 138 1,465 760 128 204 22 12,342
New contracts or grant awards received
2,838 594 285 1,070 223 61 565 384 52 87 11 6,170
Grant and contract renewals, continuations or supplemented
3,711 548 63 1,782 154 40 652 269 40 34 7 7,300
Sponsored projects active
7,152 1,616 996 2,852 668 155 1,524 976 272 292 18 16,521
Applications for U.S. patents submitted
286 73 13 210 7 2 184 10 2 1 0 788
U.S. patents granted 58 21 6 66 3 0 91 1 1 0 0 247
SOURCE: BOG survey of individual universities, November 2010.
State University System Employment
The Florida SUS had total direct employment of 58,669 positions in the fall of 2009, including 40,076 full-time and
18,593 part-time (Table 9). The University of Florida accounted for 17,827 or about 30 percent of those jobs,
followed by FSU (9,546), and USF (8,286), UCF (6,278) and FIU (5,251), and the remaining six institutions
employed 11,481 individuals that term.
Table 9. Direct employment in Florida SUS institutions, fall 2009.
SUS Institution Full-time Part-time Total Percent share
Florida A&M University 1,908 400 2,308 3.93
Florida Atlantic University 2,485 1,553 4,038 6.88
Florida Gulf Coast University 982 252 1,234 2.10
Florida International University 3,516 1,735 5,251 8.95
Florida State University 5,902 3,644 9,546 16.27
New College of Florida 256 20 276 0.47
University of Central Florida 4,196 2,082 6,278 10.70
University of Florida 12,448 5,379 17,827 30.39
University of North Florida 1,625 386 2,011 3.43
University of South Florida 5,708 2,578 8,286 14.12
University of West Florida 1,050 564 1,614 2.75
Total 40,076 18,593 58,669 100.00
Source: www.flbog.org, 2010-SUS QuickFacts.xls and www.flbog.org/resources/publications/accountability.php www.flbog.org/resources/_doc/factbooks/quickfacts/2010-SUSQuickFacts.xls
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SUS Operating, Payroll and Capital Improvement Expenditures
Expenditures for SUS operations are summarized in Table 10. Operations expenditures included utilities,
equipment, repairs and maintenance, supplies, travel and entertainment, insurance, professional services and
independent contractors, employee training, printing and publications, fees, dues and subscriptions,
postage/shipping, rentals, and commodities purchased. Expenses for asset depreciation were excluded because
this is a non-cash expense. Total operations expenses for the SUS amounted to $4.77 billion in FY 2009-10. SUS
expenditures made within the state of Florida were estimated at $4.13 billion. Based on the share of total
revenues to the SUS from non-Florida sources (46.8%), expenditures in-state from new final demand were $1.94
billion, or 40.6 percent of total expenditures. Expenditures were assigned to the appropriate economic sectors in
order to apply regional IMPLAN multipliers. A detailed listing of expenditure items and the corresponding
economic sectors is provided in Appendix B.
Table 10. Operations expenditures by Florida SUS institutions in FY 2009-10
Category / Institution Total
Expenditures (million $)
Expenditures In-State
(million $)
In-State Expenditures
from New Final Demand
(million $)
Florida A&M University $135.4 $109.6 $51.4
Florida Atlantic University $274.3 $242.4 $113.7
Florida Gulf Coast University $60.3 $46.5 $21.8
Florida International University $313.4 $248.0 $116.2
Florida State University $484.8 $383.6 $179.8
New College of Florida $13.8 $11.3 $5.3
University of Central Florida $579.2 $504.1 $236.3
University of Florida $2,023.4 $1,807.0 $847.2
University of North Florida $96.7 $80.7 $37.8
University of South Florida $686.2 $608.7 $285.4
University of West Florida $101.3 $85.9 $40.3
Total $4,768.8 $4,127.7 $1,935.2
Florida SUS payroll expenses in FY 2009-10 are summarized in Table 11. Payroll expenses included salaries and
benefits for faculty, administrative/professional and support employees, and part-time student assistants, and
other temporary employment, but not contract employees. Employee benefits included the employer’s portion of
health, life and disability insurance payments, social security, retirement, and worker’s compensation. Total
payroll expenses amounted to $3.39 billion, with $3.15 billion made within the state. Payroll expenses that were
attributed to new final demand from non-Florida revenue sources were estimated at $1.48 billion, or about
46.8% of total payroll spending.
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Table 11. Payroll expenditures by Florida SUS institutions in FY 2009-10
Category / Institution Total
Expenditures (million $)
Expenditures In-State
(million $)
In-State Expenditures
from New Final Demand
(million $)
Florida A&M University $158.9 $147.2 $69.0
Florida Atlantic University $229.6 $208.7 $97.9
Florida Gulf Coast University $79.0 $71.3 $33.4
Florida International University $354.8 $321.6 $150.8
Florida State University $512.7 $462.9 $217.0
New College of Florida $17.7 $15.6 $7.3
University of Central Florida $418.0 $390.6 $183.1
University of Florida $769.3 $769.3 $360.7
University of North Florida $115.7 $102.3 $47.9
University of South Florida $653.0 $585.2 $274.4
University of West Florida $84.1 $73.1 $34.3
Total $3,392.8 $3,147.9 $1,475.8
Expenditures on capital improvements in FY 2009-10 are summarized in Table 12. These amounts were taken
from the consolidated SUS cash flow statement as representing actual expenditures made in FY 2009-10, rather
than capital appropriations amounts shown on the accrual basis statement of revenues and expenses, which may
be spent over a several year period. Total capital improvement expenses were $883 million for FY 2009-10. All of
this was assumed to be spent within the state, and represents new final demand for construction.
Table 12. Capital improvement expenditures by Florida SUS institutions in FY 2009-10
Institution Expenditures
(million $)
Florida A&M University $36.6
Florida Atlantic University $87.3
Florida Gulf Coast University $45.0
Florida International University $99.4
Florida State University $116.7
New College of Florida $5.9
University of Central Florida $133.0
University of Florida $217.7
University of North Florida $25.6
University of South Florida $98.4
University of West Florida $17.8
Total $883.4
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Student Enrollment and Spending
Enrollment, residency, and on-campus living numbers are important to estimating economic impacts. It is not
only important to know the number of students, but their residency as well, in order to determine the geo-
political source of dollars used to pay tuition and other costs of attendance. The number of students living on-
campus is necessary to determine the share of these dollars flowing through SUS institutions or their surrounding
communities. Enrollment in Florida’s State University System totaled 312,259 students during the fall of 2009
(Table 12). Over 91 percent were Florida residents. Nearly 77 percent of all students were enrolled in
undergraduate programs and just under 14 percent of all students, or 43,451, lived in on-campus housing
facilities. New College, FAMU and UWF were the top three institutions for attracting American out-of-state
enrollments, at 21.7, 18.0 and 12.2 percent of students, respectively, while UF, FSU and FIU were the top three
schools for attracting foreign students to the State, at 6.7, 6.6 and 5.2 percent, respectively (Table 13). Again,
these values are important because they indicate how many out-of-state or “new” dollars each school brings in
through tuition and other spending associated with enrollment.
Table 12. Student enrollment in Florida SUS institutions, by residency, level, and campus living, 2009-2010
SUS Institution Total
Florida Resident
Non-Florida
Resident
Under-graduate
Graduate & Other
Living on-
campus
Living off-
campus
Fall 2009 Fall 2009 Fall 2009 Fall 2009 Fall 2009 2010* 2010*
Florida A&M University 12,261 10,468 1,793 10,083 2,178 2,483 9,778
Florida Atlantic University 27,707 26,106 1,601 21,527 6,180 2,446 25,261
Florida Gulf Coast University 11,105 10,426 679 9,486 1,619 3,173 7,932
Florida International University 40,455 36,631 3,824 30,927 9,528 2,856 37,599
Florida State University 40,201 36,479 3,722 30,399 9,802 6,108 34,093
New College of Florida 827 684 143 827 0 434 393
University of Central Florida 53,644 51,146 2,498 45,078 8,566 6,159 47,485
University of Florida 50,842 43,114 7,728 33,015 17,827 9,338 41,504
University of North Florida 16,719 16,258 461 14,219 2,500 3,000 13,719
University of South Florida 47,307 44,855 2,452 35,834 11,473 5,694 41,613
University of West Florida 11,191 10,022 1,169 8,707 2,484 1,760 9,431
Total/Avg. 312,259 286,189 26,070 240,102 72,157 43,451 268,808
% Share 100 91.65 8.35 76.89 23.11 13.92 86.08
Source: SUS Enrollment by residency http://www.flbog.edu/resources/iud/. Data on resident, non-resident, graduate, and undergraduate students are for Fall 2009; data for on- and off-campus living
are for Fall 2010.
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Table 13. Share of non-Florida and non-USA student enrollment in Florida SUS institutions in FY 2009-10
Institution Percent Non-
Florida* Institution
Percent Non-USA
NCF 21.70% UF 6.74%
FAMU 18.02% FSU 6.60%
UWF 12.18% FIU 5.16%
FSU 11.65% USF 2.82%
UF 10.73% UNF 2.00%
FGCU 8.13% FAMU 1.47%
UCF 5.46% NCF 1.44%
USF 5.12% FAU 1.36%
FAU 4.31% UCF 1.20%
FIU 4.00% UWF 1.17%
UNF 2.86% FGCU 0.74%
SUS 7.51% SUS 3.61%
Source: Florida Board of Governors: www.flbog.org/resources/factbooks/2009-2010/xls/t15_10_0910_F.xls.
* Percent non-Florida does not include non-USA enrollment.
Estimating student expenditures on room and board at SUS institutions was carried out by multiplying
undergraduate, graduate, resident, nonresident, living on-campus, and living off-campus enrollment at each
institution (Table 12) by their appropriate fee schedule shown in Table 14. Because some student data was not
readily available at all institutions, it was assumed that the proportion of resident and non-resident students was
the same at undergraduate and graduate levels and across students living either on or off-campus. Expenditures
by students enrolled in professional degree programs were treated the same as graduate students. The total
expenditures by summer enrollments at each institution were calculated as a fraction of the expenditures for the
regular academic-year times the ratio of summer to fall term enrollment (FTEs) at that institution, times 0.375 (12
weeks of summer term divided by 32 weeks for fall and spring combined). Estimates of the share of nonlocal
dollars used to pay for these expenditures were based on the numbers of resident and nonresident students and
the estimated share of nonlocal funding each class of student used to pay their expenses. This was based on
previous analyses of the amounts and geographic sources of various scholarships, grants and loans received by
University of Florida students to pay for tuition, fees and other costs of attendance in 2005 and 2009. Room and
Board expenditures were estimated from on-campus room and board fees at each institution. It was assumed that
room and board costs were the same for on and off-campus students, but a 26 percent premium was added for
graduate student room expenditures.
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Table 14. Room and board charges for full-time undergraduate students at Florida SUS institutions in FY 2009-10
Institution Room
Charge Board Charge
Room and Board Charge
Florida A&M University $4,128 $3,090 $7,218
Florida Atlantic University $6,208 $3,374 $9,582
Florida Gulf Coast University $3,138 $4,504 $7,642
Florida International University $4,920 $3,300 $8,220
Florida State University $4,800 $3,200 $8,000
New College of Florida $5,252 $2,531 $7,783
University of Central Florida $4,940 $3,598 $8,538
University of Florida $4,860 $2,640 $7,500
University of North Florida $4,530 $3,342 $7,872
University of South Florida $5,222 $3,528 $8,750
University of West Florida $3,610 $1,615 $5,225
Average $4,692 $3,157 $7,848
Rates are for an academic year of two semesters (Fall and Spring). Room charges are for double occupancy. Source: IRM IPEDS Institutional Characteristics (IC) 2009-10: www.flbog.org/resources/factbooks/2009-2010/xls/t36_00_0910_F.xls
Other costs of attendance, such as books and supplies, housing, food, clothing, computers and personal items for
resident, nonresident, undergraduate and graduate students were estimated from a University of Florida cost of
attendance budget for 2009-10 as shown in Table 15. These were also set the same for on and off-campus
students. Expenditures for room and board, either on or off-campus, were based on the same budget, but on-
campus expenditures were not applied to the impact analysis to avoid double counting, since these dollars are
spent by the institutions to provide those services. As previously mentioned, expenditures for other costs of
enrollment for the summer term were also estimated by taking a fraction of those costs estimated for the regular
academic year.
Table 15. Typical per-student costs of attendance at Florida SUS, 2009-10
Expense Item Resident
Undergraduate Non-Resident
Undergraduate Resident Graduate
Non-Resident Graduate
Tuition/Fees 4,351 18,668 7,693 23,336
Books & Supplies 990 990 990 990
Computer 947 947 947 947
Housing 4,692 4,692 5,907 5,907
Food 3,157 3,157 3,157 3,157
Transportation 540 540 540 540
Clothing 656 656 656 656
Personal 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717
Total $17,049 $31,367 $21,607 $37,550
Tuition and fees represent an average across 11 institutions for 2009-10, SUS Board of Governors website: www.flbog.org/about/_doc/budget/tuition/2009-10Fees.xls. Expenses for books/supplies, computer, transportation, clothing and personal are based on cost of attendance estimates for University of Florida in 2009-10. Expenses for housing and food as given in Table 14. Graduate housing was increased by 26 percent based on data collected for 2009-10 UF study.
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Total estimated student expenditures for attendance at SUS institutions in FY 2009-10 are summarized in Table
16. Expenditures on tuition were estimated to total $2.45 billion, and on average about $1.31 billion, or 53
percent, of these dollars were estimated to originate from outside the State. Expenditures for on-campus room
and board were $261 and $166 million dollars respectively, while spending for off-campus room and board were
$1.68 and $1.04 billion, respectively. Other expenditures for attendance included computers ($353 million),
transportation ($201million), personal and health ($640 million), and clothing ($244 million).
For purposes of economic impact analysis, student expenditures for tuition/fees and on-campus room and board
were excluded from the impact analysis to avoid double counting, since these expenditures are captured by
institutional operations spending. Total student expenditures, excluding tuition and on-campus room and board
were $4.54 billion, of which $3.64 billion or 80.2 percent was spent within Florida, and $822 million or 18.1
percent representing new final demand from dollars originating from sources outside the state (Table 17).
Table 16. Total student expenditures for attendance at Florida SUS institutions, FY 2009-10
Institution
Tuition & Fees
Room On-
Campus
Room Off-
Campus
Board On-
Campus
Board Off-
Campus
Books & Supplies
Com-puter
Transpor-tation
Clothing Personal
& Health
Total
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Million $ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FAMU $90.3 $12.4 $48.7 $8.8 $34.7 $14.0 $13.4 $7.6 $9.2 $24.2 $263.3
FAU $193.7 $19.5 $201.1 $10.0 $103.0 $33.1 $31.7 $18.1 $21.9 $57.5 $689.6
FGCU $73.3 $11.7 $29.3 $16.2 $40.5 $12.5 $11.9 $6.8 $8.3 $21.6 $232.1
FIU $337.1 $18.7 $245.9 $11.8 $154.9 $50.0 $47.8 $27.3 $33.1 $86.7 $1,013.3
FSU $323.4 $37.3 $208.0 $23.3 $130.0 $47.4 $45.4 $25.9 $31.4 $82.2 $954.3
NCF $5.9 $2.3 $2.1 $1.1 $1.0 $0.8 $0.8 $0.4 $0.5 $1.4 $16.3
UCF $370.7 $37.9 $292.3 $26.5 $203.9 $63.4 $60.6 $34.6 $42.0 $110.0 $1,241.9
UF $524.9 $57.8 $256.8 $28.6 $127.3 $58.5 $55.9 $31.9 $38.7 $101.4 $1,281.8
UNF $102.5 $17.0 $77.6 $12.0 $55.0 $19.9 $19.0 $10.8 $13.2 $34.5 $361.5
USF $341.9 $38.0 $277.9 $24.1 $176.0 $56.2 $53.7 $30.6 $37.2 $97.4 $1,133.0
UWF $83.5 $8.1 $43.6 $3.4 $18.4 $13.4 $12.8 $7.3 $8.9 $23.2 $222.6
Total $2,447.2 $260.7 $1,683.3 $165.8 $1,044.7 $369.2 $353.0 $201.3 $244.4 $640.1 $7,409.7
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Table 17. Summary of student expenditures at Florida SUS institutions, expenditures in-state and from new final demand, excluding tuition/fees and on-campus room and board, FY 2009-10
SUS Institution Expenditures
(million $)
Expenditures In-State
(million $)
Expenditures In-State from New Final Demand
(million $)
Florida A&M University $151.8 $122.8 $33.0
Florida Atlantic University $466.4 $370.1 $77.4
Florida Gulf Coast University $130.9 $108.4 $22.9
Florida International University $645.7 $517.8 $121.6
Florida State University $570.2 $457.8 $107.1
New College of Florida $7.1 $5.7 $1.6
University of Central Florida $806.8 $649.8 $130.9
University of Florida $670.4 $534.3 $148.0
University of North Florida $230.0 $185.7 $34.9
University of South Florida $729.0 $584.6 $120.0
University of West Florida $127.5 $101.8 $24.6
Total $4,535.8 $3,638.6 $822.1
Total Economic Impacts
In this section the total economic impacts of spending associated with the SUS in FY 2009-10 are summarized.
This includes regional economic multiplier effects from supply chain activity (indirect effects) and employee
household spending (induced effects).
Economic impacts of SUS operations, payroll and capital improvement expenditures are presented in Table 18.
The total employment impact of SUS operations was estimated to be 173,986 full-time and part-time jobs. This
includes 58,669 direct jobs at SUS institutions, plus 115,317 additional jobs generated through indirect and
induced multiplier effects in the Florida economy. The total output impacts of SUS activities in 2009-10 was
estimated at $13.66 billion, representing the sales or revenues received by all businesses providing goods and
services to SUS institutions and their employees. The estimated value added impacts of $8.62 billion includes the
labor income impact of $5.22 billion, other property income impact of $2.74 billion, and indirect business tax
impacts of $664 million. Value added also represents the SUS’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of
Florida. Labor income impact represents wages, salaries and benefits received by SUS employees, as well as
employees of businesses providing inputs to SUS operations, and employees of other businesses patronized by
consumption spending by these employees. Other property income represents rents, royalties, dividends, and
interest payments generated by SUS activities. Indirect business taxes represent property, payroll, sales and other
tax revenues generated for local, state, and federal government agencies in Florida, except income taxes.
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Table 18. Total economic impacts of Florida SUS institution operations, payroll, and capital improvements in FY 2009-10
Category / Institution Output
(million $) Value Added
(million $)
Labor Income
(million $)
Other Property Income
(million $)
Indirect Business
Tax (million $)
Employment (jobs)
Florida A&M University $493.0 $309.1 $185.5 $100.2 $23.5 6,462
Florida Atlantic University $933.1 $580.9 $356.0 $182.1 $42.9 11,917
Florida Gulf Coast University $310.2 $188.5 $118.5 $56.6 $13.4 3,834
Florida International University $1,166.9 $724.3 $451.3 $219.8 $53.3 15,119
Florida State University $1,666.6 $1,042.8 $636.9 $326.4 $79.7 23,540
New College of Florida $59.2 $36.3 $22.8 $10.9 $2.7 780
University of Central Florida $1,734.4 $1,083.9 $667.0 $333.9 $83.1 20,976
University of Florida $4,515.0 $2,891.2 $1,713.7 $953.5 $228.4 55,802
University of North Florida $357.2 $221.1 $139.0 $65.4 $16.8 5,094
University of South Florida $2,127.6 $1,351.6 $819.4 $428.3 $104.9 26,395
University of West Florida $295.0 $187.9 $111.6 $61.3 $15.1 4,067
Total All SUS Institutions $13,658.1 $8,617.5 $5,221.5 $2,738.3 $663.8 173,986
Estimates include regional multiplier effects. Values expressed in 2010 dollars. Employment represents all full-time and part-time positions.
The estimated total economic impacts of spending by SUS students included 39,969 jobs, $3.74 billion in output,
$2.67 billion in value added, $1.19 billion in labor income, $1.18 billion in other property income, and $303 million
in indirect business taxes (Table 19).
Table 19. Total economic impacts of Florida SUS institution student spending in FY 2009-10
Institution Output
(million $)
Value Added (million
$)
Labor Income
(million $)
Other Property Income (million
$)
Indirect Business
Tax (million $)
Employment (jobs)
Florida A&M University $129.4 $90.9 $43.2 $37.4 $10.2 1,401
Florida Atlantic University $383.6 $279.1 $116.6 $130.9 $31.6 4,002
Florida Gulf Coast University $101.1 $69.1 $35.5 $25.4 $8.2 1,186
Florida International Univ. $541.1 $387.2 $172.1 $171.3 $43.7 5,773
Florida State University $473.3 $337.5 $152.1 $147.2 $38.2 5,065
New College of Florida $6.0 $4.2 $2.0 $1.7 $0.5 64
University of Central Florida $643.3 $459.4 $204.6 $202.0 $52.9 6,997
University of Florida $588.3 $420.3 $189.7 $184.2 $46.4 6,125
University of North Florida $177.7 $126.3 $57.2 $54.4 $14.7 1,952
University of South Florida $587.5 $421.8 $184.6 $188.9 $48.3 6,309
University of West Florida $104.2 $74.1 $34.0 $31.7 $8.4 1,094
Total All SUS Institutions $3,735.4 $2,670.0 $1,191.7 $1,175.2 $303.0 39,969
Estimates include regional multiplier effects. Values expressed in 2010 dollars. Employment represents all full-time and part-time positions.
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The total economic impacts of the lifetime earnings differential of FY 2009-10 SUS graduates compared to high
school graduates is shown in Table 20. Recall that the estimated present value of the 30-year lifetime earnings
differential was $30.86 billion (Table 6). Assuming that these earnings were spent within the state according to
typical patterns prevailing for the Florida labor force, the total economic impacts of the present value of
additional lifetime earnings received by SUS graduates would generate 557,290 jobs, $62.52 billion in output,
$40.61 billion in value added, $24.81 billion in labor income, $12.65 billion in other property income, and $3.15
billion in indirect business taxes (Table 20).
Table 20. Total economic impacts of the lifetime earnings differential of FY 2009-10 graduates of the State University System of Florida.
SUS Institution Output
(million $)
Value Added
(million $)
Labor Income
(million $)
Other Property Income
(million $)
Indirect Business Tax
(million $)
Employment (jobs)
Florida A&M University $1,909.7 $1,240.6 $757.9 $386.5 $96.1 17,024
Florida Atlantic University $4,838.5 $3,143.2 $1,920.3 $979.4 $243.6 43,131
Florida Gulf Coast University $1,413.5 $918.2 $561.0 $286.1 $71.2 12,600
Florida International University $7,208.8 $4,683.0 $2,861.0 $1,459.1 $362.9 64,260
Florida State University $9,818.7 $6,378.4 $3,896.7 $1,987.4 $494.3 87,525
New College of Florida $110.3 $71.6 $43.8 $22.3 $5.6 983
University of Central Florida $9,530.1 $6,191.0 $3,782.2 $1,929.0 $479.8 84,952
University of Florida $14,194.7 $9,221.2 $5,633.5 $2,873.1 $714.6 126,533
University of North Florida $2,830.3 $1,838.6 $1,123.3 $572.9 $142.5 25,230
University of South Florida $8,869.3 $5,761.7 $3,520.0 $1,795.2 $446.5 79,062
University of West Florida $1,793.7 $1,165.2 $711.9 $363.1 $90.3 15,989
Total All SUS Institutions $62,517.6 $40,612.8 $24,811.4 $12,654.1 $3,147.3 557,290
Estimates include regional multiplier effects. Values expressed in 2010 dollars. Employment represents all full-time and part-time positions.
The total economic impacts of all spending associated with SUS operations, payroll, capital improvement, student
living, and present value of graduate earnings differential in FY 2009-10 are summarized in Table 21 and Figures 4
and 5. These values represent the sum of values shown in Tables 18, 19, and 20. The total economic impacts of
the State University System of Florida in FY 2009-10 include 771,245 jobs, $79.91 billion in output, $51.90 billion
in value added, $31.22 billion in labor income, $16.57 billion in other property income, and $4.11 billion in indirect
business taxes. Relative to the State’s economy, the employment impact represents 7.89 percent of the total
state workforce in 2010 (9,773,730 positions). The total value added impact represents 7.27 percent of the Gross
Domestic product of Florida in 2010 ($713.84 billion).
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Table 21. Summary of total economic impacts of Florida SUS institutions in FY 2009-10 for all spending for operations, payroll, capital improvement, student living, and present value of graduate earnings differential
SUS Institution Output
(million $)
Value Added
(million $)
Labor Income
(million $)
Other Property Income
(million $)
Indirect Business
Tax (million $)
Employment (jobs)
Florida A&M University $2,532.1 $1,640.6 $986.7 $524.2 $129.8 24,886
Florida Atlantic University $6,155.2 $4,003.3 $2,392.9 $1,292.4 $318.1 59,050
Florida Gulf Coast University $1,824.7 $1,175.8 $714.9 $368.2 $92.7 17,620
Florida International University $8,916.8 $5,794.4 $3,484.4 $1,850.2 $460.0 85,153
Florida State University $11,958.6 $7,758.7 $4,685.7 $2,461.0 $612.2 116,130
New College of Florida $175.5 $112.1 $68.6 $34.9 $8.7 1,827
University of Central Florida $11,907.8 $7,734.2 $4,653.7 $2,464.9 $615.8 112,926
University of Florida $19,298.0 $12,532.8 $7,536.8 $4,010.8 $989.5 188,461
University of North Florida $3,365.2 $2,186.1 $1,319.4 $692.7 $174.0 32,275
University of South Florida $11,584.4 $7,535.0 $4,524.0 $2,412.4 $599.7 111,766
University of West Florida $2,192.8 $1,427.3 $857.5 $456.0 $113.7 21,151
Total All SUS Institutions $79,911.2 $51,900.3 $31,224.6 $16,567.6 $4,114.2 771,245
Estimates include regional multiplier effects. Values expressed in 2010 dollars. Employment represents all full-time and part-time positions.
The largest value added and employment impacts in the Florida SUS were generated by the University of Florida
at $12.53 billion and 188,461 jobs respectively, followed by Florida State University at $7.76 billion and 116,130
jobs respectively, University of Central Florida at $7.73 billion and 112,926 jobs respectively, and University of
South Florida at $7.54 billion and 111,766 jobs respectively (Table 21 and Figures 4 and 5).
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Conclusions
The State University System of Florida (SUS) is an important component in Florida’s economy and a significant
driver of employment and earnings for state residents. In 2009-10 the SUS had a total enrollment of 312,216
students and awarded a total of 73,579 degrees. Expenditures by SUS institutions for operations, payroll, and
capital improvements totaled just over $9.0 billion in 2009-10, with direct employment totaling 58,669. SUS
related expenditures by students (excluding tuition and on-campus room and board) were estimated to total $4.5
billion that same year. The economic impacts of expenditures by SUS institutions and enrolled students were
estimated at $17.4 billion in output or revenues, $11.3 billion in value added, and 214 thousand jobs.
Economic impacts were estimated for expenditures and for projected earnings differentials by SUS graduates
remaining in the State over a 30 year work-life. Using an approach adopted by the U.S Census Bureau, the present
value of increased earnings by SUS graduates was calculated to range from $550,000 for a bachelors degree, to
$1.87 million for a professional degree. Expanding by the number of each degree-type awarded for 2009-10
graduates, the present value of increased earnings for all graduates over 30 years that remain in Florida was
estimated to total $30.9 billion. The economic impacts of increased work-life earnings by SUS graduates were
estimated at $62.5 billion in output or revenues, $40.6 billion in value added, and 557,290 jobs.
The combined economic impacts of SUS spending in 2009-10 and the present value of SUS graduate earnings
differentials were estimated at $79.9 billion in output, $51.9 billion in value added, and 771,245 jobs.
Total employment impacts of the Florida SUS in FY 2009-10 were 2.72 fold higher than previously stated for FY
1998-99 by Lynch et al. (2001), although the methodology used for estimating lifetime earnings of high school and
university graduates was somewhat different.
It should be noted that the economic impacts of visitor spending and technology transfers on the State were not
evaluated in the analysis.
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Appendix A: Glossary of Economic Impact Terms
Employee compensation is comprised of wages, salaries, commissions, and benefits such as health and life
insurance, retirement and other forms of cash or non-cash compensation.
Employment is a measure of the number of jobs involved, including fulltime, part-time and seasonal positions. It
is not a measure of fulltime equivalents (FTE).
Exports are sales of goods to customers outside the region in which they are produced, which represents a net
inflow of money to the region. This also applies to sales of services to customers visiting from other regions.
Final Demand represents sales to final consumers, including households and governments, and exports from the
region.
Gross Regional Product is a measure of total economic activity in a region, or total income generated by all goods
and services. It represents the sum of total value added by all industries in that region, and is equivalent to Gross
Domestic Product for the nation.
IMPLAN is a computer-based input-output modeling system that enables users to create regional economic
models and multipliers for any region consisting of one or more counties or states in the U.S. The current version
of the IMPLAN software, version 3, accounts for commodity production and consumption for 440 industry sectors,
10 household income levels, taxes to local/state and federal governments, capital investment, imports and
exports, transfer payments, and business inventories. Regional datasets for individual counties or states are
purchased separately.
Impact or total impact is the change in total regional economic activity (e.g. output or employment) resulting
from a change in final demand, direct industry output, or direct employment, estimated based on regional
economic multipliers.
Imports are purchases of goods and services originating outside the region of analysis.
Income is the money earned within the region from production and sales. Total income includes labor income
such as wages, salaries, employee benefits and business proprietor income, plus other property income.
Indirect business taxes are taxes paid to governments by individuals or businesses for property, excise and sales
taxes but do not include income taxes.
Input-Output (I-O) model and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a representation of the transactions between
industry sectors within a region that captures what each sector purchases from every other sector in order to
produce its output of goods or services. Using such a model, flows of economic activity associated with any
change in spending may be traced backwards through the supply chain.
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Intermediate sales are sales to other industrial sectors. The value of intermediate sales is netted-out of Total
Value Added.
Local refers to good and services that are sourced from within the region, which may be defined as a county,
multi-county cluster, or state. Non-local refers to economic activity originating outside the region.
Margins represent the portion of the purchaser price accruing to the retailer, wholesaler, and
producer/manufacturer, in the supply chain. Typically, only the retail margins of many goods purchased by
consumers accrue to the local region, as the wholesaler, shipper, and manufacturer often lie outside the local
area.
Multipliers capture the total effects, both direct and secondary, in a given region, generally as a ratio of the total
change in economic activity in the region relative to the direct change. Multipliers are derived from an I-O model
of the regional economy. Multipliers may be expressed as ratios of sales, income, or employment, or as ratios of
total income or employment changes relative to direct sales. Multipliers express the degree of interdependency
between sectors in a region's economy and therefore vary considerably across regions and sectors. A sector-
specific multiplier gives the total changes to the economy associated with a unit change in output or employment
in a given sector (i.e. the direct economic effect) being evaluated. Indirect effects multipliers 39 represent the
changes in sales, income, or employment within the region in backward-linked industries supplying goods and
services to businesses (e.g., increased sales in input supply firms resulting from more nursery industry sales).
Induced effects multipliers represent the increased sales within the region from household spending of the
income earned in the direct and supporting industries for housing, utilities, food, etc. An imputed multiplier is
calculated as the ratio of the total impact divided by direct effect for any given measure (e.g. output,
employment).
Other property income represents income received from investments, such as corporate dividends, royalties,
property rentals, or interest on loans.
Output is the dollar value of a good or service produced or sold, and is equivalent to sales revenues plus changes
in business inventories.
Output-consumption ratio is the total industry output divided by the apparent consumption, for any given
commodity or industry, and is a measure of the degree to which local demands are met by local production.
Producer prices are the prices paid for goods at the factory or point of production. For manufactured goods the
purchaser price equals the producer price plus a retail margin, a wholesale margin, and a transportation margin.
For services, the producer and purchaser prices are equivalent.
Proprietor income is income received by non-incorporated private business owners or self-employed individuals.
Purchaser prices are the prices paid by the final consumer of a good or service.
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Region defines the geographic area for which impacts are estimated, usually an aggregation of several counties
defined on the basis of worker commuting patterns.
Sector is an individual industry or group of industries that produce similar products or services, or have similar
production processes. Sectors are classified according to the North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS).
Value Added is a broad measure of income, representing the sum of employee compensation, proprietor income,
other property income, indirect business taxes and capital consumption (depreciation). Value added is the basis
for calculation of Gross Domestic Product, and is a commonly used measure of the contribution an industry to
regional economy because it avoids double counting of intermediate sales.
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Appendix B. Summary of Detailed SUS Expenditures and IMPLAN Sector Assignments
Expense Category / Item Expenditures IMPLAN Sector
Number
Capital Investment (Construction Services) 883,436,779 36
Operations 4,768,764,010
Accounting Services 6,143,867 368
Acetylene, Butane & Other Gas 2,456,845 121
Agricultural Property 543,328 360
Agricultural Supplies 2,246,843 19
Aid To Counties-Other 293 438
Airfare - In State Travel 77,696 332
Airfare - Out Of State Travel 61,850 332
Airfare Foreign Travel-Training 7,022 393
Application Software (Licenses) 17,579,711 345
Architectural Services 1,829,568 369
Attorneys' Fees & Gross Proceeds 3,800 367
Automobile Fleet Insurance 992,929 358
Banking Services 1,883,912 354
Bedding And Other Textiles 4,028,438 80
Books And Other Library Resources 50,505,269 343
Books And Other Library Resources-Training -10,129 343
Building & Construction Material 13,395,109 323
Building And Fixed Equipment 483,571 34
Care And Subsistence 12,121 419
Care And Subsistence - Medical Services 1,735,869 394
Care And Subsistence - Other Vendor Services 238,044 395
Care And Subsistence - Transition Services 160,214 398
Cellular Telephones 3,434,138 351
Cellular Telephones Rental 158,251 351
Civil Rights Insurance 1,771,465 358
Client Benefits And Allowances 61,516 359
Coal And Wood 1,600 21
Communications/Freight Other 1,609,152 335
Construction Services 6,512,970 36
Consulting Services 32,413,607 374
Copy Equipment Rental 2,349,135 365
Court Reporting, Transcription & Translation Svs. 35,919 367
Cur. Chgs. - Other Services 250,683 357
Current Charges And Obligations 44,563,097 357
Custodial And Janitorial Services 3,863,653 388
Diesel Fuel 235,883 115
Dues 14,072,921 425
Educational Aids 1,620,875,727 10002
Educational Aids - Needs Based 165,569,229 10002
Educational Property 41,787,950 360
Educational Supplies 34,978,867 319
Educational-Training Property 1,314 360
Educational-Training Supplies 287,114 319
Emp./Volunteer Reimbursement Other Than Travel 386,089 319
Employee Moving Expense 716,509 335
Employment Advertising & Job Opportunity Announc. 677,261 382
Engineering Services 15,167,775 369
Entertainment Services 6,716,232 409
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Expense Category / Item Expenditures IMPLAN Sector
Number
Examination And Testing Services 94,184 393
Faculty 733,110,748 10007
Fire Fund Insurance 1,054,653 358
Fiscal Agents & Other Fees 1,023,693 355
Food Products 22,681,301 319
Food Services 7,454,086 413
Foreign Travel - Other 20,164,396 332
Freight 3,445,599 335
From Dept. Of Management Services 39,035 437
From Non-Governmental Entities 45,529,011 425
From Other Governmental Units 1,975,787 437
From Other State Agencies 3,872,602 437
Fuel Oil 622,364 115
Furniture And Equipment 75,756,965 299
Furniture And Equipment-Training 7,973 393
Gasoline 2,721,451 115
General Liability Insurance 5,394,391 358
Graduate Assistants 75,442,606 10003
Grants, Contributions And Distributions 627,838 424
Hotel - In State Travel 7,069 411
Hotel - Out Of State Travel 4,466 411
Human Resource Services 80,905 374
In State Travel-Training 3,112 393
Independent Contractor-Not Otherwise Classified 236,157,973 380
Information Technology Communications 1,866,740 351
Information Technology Equip Rental 1,331,086 365
Information Technology Equipment 37,354,672 234
Information Technology Insurance 5,960 358
Information Technology Services 26,664,255 373
Information Technology Supplies 13,911,448 319
Information Technology Supplies-Training 527 393
In-State Travel-Class A&B Meals 173,653 413
Insurance Contributions 16,678,696 358
Interest 35,341,918 354
Interest On Late Payment Of Invoices 13,474 354
Investigative Services 30,569 387
Janitorial & Household Supplies 6,753,105 388
Lawn Care, Grounds Keeping & Landscaping Svs. 724,782 388
Legal And Official Advertisements 641,604 341
Legal Fees And Attorneys' Services 7,459,391 367
Linen And Laundry Services 178,349 421
Lubricants 66,042 115
Machinery Rental 110,816 365
Mailing And Delivery Services 565,079 427
Medical Property 381,115 360
Medical Records 13,283 384
Medical Services 7,802,073 396
Medical supplies 8,062,634 319
Medical-Training Property 13,007 360
Minor Tools 727,557 319
Modular Building Structures 49,582 101
Monthly Mileage Allowance 2,625 326
Motor Vehicles-Other 2,587,918 320
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Expense Category / Item Expenditures IMPLAN Sector
Number
Motor Vehicles-Passenger 1,234,832 320
Nonqualified Moving Payments To Employees 5,956 335
Non-Qualified Payments To Third Parties 98 10004
Nonresident Alien Scholarship Nonqualified 534,373 10004
Nonresident Alien Scholarship Qualified 1,200 10004
Office Equipment Rental 2,251,611 365
Office Supplies Consumable 18,688,455 319
Office Supplies Consumable-Training 68,769 393
Office Supplies Non-Consumable 276,720 319
Office Supplies Non-Consumable-Training 313 393
Other 9,677,207 319
Other Advertising Services 9,289,004 377
Other Cur Chgs.-Other 333,741,225 357
Other Fluids 2,074,315 141
Other Furniture And Equipment 3,795,504 301
Other Insurance 9,277,014 358
Other Material And Supplies 92,334,404 319
Other Materials And Supplies-Training 21 393
Other Nonoperating 1,123,373 319
Other Real Property 113,484 360
Other Rented Equipment 4,085,437 365
Other Structures And Improvements 1,656,256 36
Other Training 15,281 393
Out Of State Travel-Class A&B Meals 113,280 413
Out Of State Travel-Training 682 393
Pager 122,582 238
Parts And Fittings 3,562,847 319
Per Diem - Foreign Travel 670 319
Perquisites 277,223 10007
Postage 9,359,109 427
Postage Equipment Rental 52,260 365
Pretax Administrative Assessments 2,007,260 384
Printing & Reproduction-Training 382 393
Printing And Reproduction 21,367,502 113
Privatized Services 425 374
Promotional Advertising 5,807,169 377
Propane 513,843 115
Public Employees Optional Retirement Plan 603,047 359
Public Service Notices & Announcements 302,965 377
Purchases For Resale 61,380,947 319
Qualified Moving Payments To Employees 234,107 335
Qualified Payments To Third Parties 321,937 374
Registration Fee With No Travel Expenses 2,099,520 425
Repairs & Maintenance 58,937,790 39
Repairs And Maintenance-Commodities 23,034,652 39
Repairs And Maintenance-Contracted Services 36,525,552 39
Research Services 40,264,822 376
Rewards 4,414 10006
Royalties 1,861,028 10009
Security Services 928,432 387
Social Security 69,925,275 359
State Financial Assistance 14,254,358 10003
Subscriptions 3,282,296 342
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Expense Category / Item Expenditures IMPLAN Sector
Number
Subscriptions-Training 4,166 393
Supplies And Commodities 105,968 319
Surety Bonds 11,906 359
Telephone 36,595,916 351
Temporary Employment Services 5,991,923 382
Training Equipment Rental 148,558 365
Training Equipment-Other 3,176 319
Training Facilities 48,302 360
Training Services 4,816,889 393
Travel - In State - Other 29,845,016 362
Travel Advances 1,081,419 332
Travel Nonres. Alien Independ. Cont.-Foreign Source 232 332
Travel Nonres. Alien Independent Cont.-Exempt 5,274 332
Travel -Out Of State -Other 46,993,434 332
Utilities-Electricity 162,535,506 31
Utilities-Garbage Collection 6,241,482 390
Utilities-Natural Gas 18,452,570 32
Utilities-Other 61,021,942 33
Utilities-Steam 2,961,220 31
Utilities-Water And Sewerage 32,239,479 33
Vehicle Rental 2,610,009 362
Payroll 3,392,812,272
Administrative And Professional 451,499,884 10005
Direct employment
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Faculty 618,645,158 10007
Graduate Assistants 68,171,482 10003
Health Benefits 7,510 358
Nonres. Alien Independ. Contractor-Foreign Source 1,380,809 10006
Nonresident Alien Independent Contractor-Exempt 61,794 10006
Nonresident Alien Independent Contractor-Taxable 75,544 10006
Optional Retirement Plan-Employer Contribution 30,712,483 359
Other - University Authorized 502,144,220 10004
Other Pension And Benefits 21,930 359
Part-Time Academic Employment 90,432,616 10003
Pers. Serv.-Salary And Wages 540,551,798 10005
Personal Services-Other 142,388,157 10005
Public Employees Optional Retirement Plan 6,980,477 359
Social Security 32,354,548 359
State Awards To State Employees-Nontaxable 1,025,371 10006
State Disability-Employer's Contributions 12,464,600 359
State Health-Employer's Contributions 223,352,347 357
State Life-Employer's Contributions 2,312,706 357
State Retirement 106,771,783 359
Student Assistants 57,940,695 10003
Student Or Graduate Assistants 40,292,037 10003
Temporary Employment 180,611,919 10004
U.S. Civil Service Health Insurance 158 358
Unemployment Compensation Benefits 3,191,490 359
University Support And Professional Service 270,766,458 384
Workers' Compensation Benefits 14,316 359
Workers' Compensation Insurance 8,639,982 358
Student Spending 4,535,783,529
Board off-campus 1 522,354,729 324
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Expense Category / Item Expenditures IMPLAN Sector
Number
Board off-campus 2 522,354,729 413
Books & Supplies 369,034,566 328
Clothing Maintenance 244,408,984 327
Computer & Cell Phone 1 176,517,806 322
Computer & Cell Phone 2 176,517,806 352
Personal & Health Ins. 1 128,024,428 329
Personal & Health Ins. 2 192,036,642 358
Personal & Health Ins. 3 192,036,642 409
Personal & Health Ins. 4 128,024,428 419
Room off-campus 1,683,181,188 360
Transportation 1 100,645,791 320
Transportation 2 50,322,895 326
Transportation 3 50,322,895 414
Grand Total 13,580,796,590
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Appendix C. IMPLAN Multipliers and Regional Purchase Coefficients for Selected Industries and Social Accounts in the State of Florida (2010)
IMPLAN Sector
Industry / Social Account
Employment (jobs per million dollars output)
Output (dollars per dollar) Value Added (dollars per
dollar output) Regional Purchase
Coef-ficient
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
19 Support activities for agriculture and forestry
33.28 0.86 15.06 1.0000 0.1469 1.6768 0.7454 0.0684 1.0951 0.5946
21 Mining coal 2.66 0.94 14.22 1.0000 0.1512 1.5366 0.6734 0.0885 1.0217 0.0087
31 Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution
1.84 0.60 16.30 1.0000 0.0789 1.7583 0.8638 0.0426 1.1690 0.7611
32 Natural gas distribution 1.21 2.02 8.18 1.0000 0.2619 0.8886 0.3471 0.1097 0.5879 0.4459
33 Water, sewage and other treatment and delivery systems
5.30 1.84 15.83 1.0000 0.2204 1.7513 0.7973 0.1291 1.1423 1.0000
34 Construction of new nonresidential commercial and health care structures
8.22 2.44 11.21 1.0000 0.3139 1.2495 0.4548 0.1784 0.8128 1.0000
36 Construction of other new nonresidential structures
7.75 2.99 11.62 1.0000 0.3713 1.2959 0.4388 0.2187 0.8427 1.0000
39 Maintenance and repair construction of nonresidential structures
8.59 2.74 12.35 1.0000 0.3361 1.3762 0.5035 0.1974 0.8952 1.0000
80 Textile and fabric finishing mills 4.62 1.80 9.15 1.0000 0.2604 1.0177 0.3664 0.1555 0.6629 0.0741
101 Manufactured home (mobile home) manufacturing
7.33 2.26 8.23 1.0000 0.2938 0.9158 0.2928 0.1605 0.5978 0.0000
113 Printing 6.96 2.49 9.74 1.0000 0.3163 1.0834 0.3588 0.1896 0.7063 0.2422
115 Petroleum refineries 0.14 2.91 3.99 1.0000 0.3796 0.4431 0.0831 0.1542 0.2881 0.0588
121 Industrial gas manufacturing 1.09 2.46 9.33 1.0000 0.4912 1.0304 0.2445 0.2964 0.6735 0.2492
141 All other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
1.91 2.16 7.48 1.0000 0.4073 0.8325 0.2114 0.2092 0.5419 0.5585
234 Electronic computer manufacturing
0.84 2.33 7.54 1.0000 0.5294 0.8391 0.1787 0.2666 0.5453 0.3058
238 Broadcast and wireless communications equipment manufacturing
1.96 2.91 9.21 1.0000 0.5381 1.0227 0.2379 0.2768 0.6678 0.2211
299 Institutional furniture manufacturing
4.92 2.46 10.02 1.0000 0.3529 1.1183 0.3911 0.1949 0.7257 0.1359
301 Office furniture and custom architectural woodwork and millwork manufacturing
8.48 2.49 11.04 1.0000 0.3423 1.2308 0.4313 0.1902 0.8014 0.1277
319 Wholesale trade businesses 6.25 1.63 17.08 1.0000 0.1905 1.8456 0.7786 0.1224 1.2296 0.9081
320 Retail Stores - Motor vehicle and parts
1.61 0.46 2.48 0.1560 0.0557 0.2702 0.0918 0.0365 0.1795 0.9500
322 Retail Stores - Electronics and appliances
2.67 0.77 4.02 0.2640 0.0934 0.4407 0.1563 0.0612 0.2906 0.9500
323 Retail Stores - Building material and garden supply
4.20 0.72 5.37 0.3190 0.0873 0.5787 0.2185 0.0573 0.3868 0.9500
324 Retail Stores - Food and beverage
5.31 0.54 4.85 0.2820 0.0653 0.5230 0.2068 0.0428 0.3493 0.9405
326 Retail Stores - Gasoline stations 2.20 0.32 2.54 0.1500 0.0390 0.2723 0.1050 0.0256 0.1823 0.7424
327 Retail Stores - Clothing and clothing accessories
7.70 1.34 6.88 0.4270 0.1611 0.7376 0.2415 0.1055 0.4952 0.9500
328 Retail Stores - Sporting goods, hobby, book and music
7.78 0.95 6.40 0.3890 0.1145 0.6911 0.2571 0.0750 0.4611 0.9500
329 Retail Stores - General merchandise
5.10 0.46 4.75 0.2730 0.0555 0.5117 0.2090 0.0364 0.3419 0.9500
332 Transport by air 3.76 2.26 12.02 1.0000 0.2802 1.3032 0.4804 0.1593 0.8661 0.4617
335 Transport by truck 10.21 3.56 12.82 1.0000 0.3514 1.4292 0.4940 0.2256 0.9292 0.7626
341 Newspaper publishers 8.63 2.21 12.36 1.0000 0.2667 1.3819 0.5416 0.1713 0.8969 0.2869
342 Periodical publishers 4.15 4.05 11.00 1.0000 0.5012 1.2289 0.3212 0.3215 0.7973 0.2812
343 Book publishers 3.78 3.65 11.90 1.0000 0.4462 1.3310 0.4371 0.2786 0.8609 0.1961
345 Software publishers 2.26 3.86 13.53 1.0000 0.3935 1.5146 0.5629 0.2529 0.9793 0.2506
351 Telecommunications 2.64 2.42 13.05 1.0000 0.3567 1.4373 0.5574 0.2098 0.9400 0.5680
352 Data processing, hosting, ISP, web search portals and related
3.71 1.33 14.37 1.0000 0.1723 1.6107 0.7831 0.1113 1.0381 0.3053
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IMPLAN Sector
Industry / Social Account
Employment (jobs per million dollars output)
Output (dollars per dollar) Value Added (dollars per
dollar output) Regional Purchase
Coef-ficient
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
services
354 Monetary authorities and depository credit intermediation activities
3.01 4.58 12.20 1.0000 0.5784 1.3634 0.4475 0.2896 0.8823 0.6869
355 Nondepository credit intermediation and related activities
8.39 3.42 13.97 1.0000 0.4481 1.5555 0.5301 0.2521 1.0138 0.6869
357 Insurance carriers 3.93 1.92 14.60 1.0000 0.2508 1.6186 0.7133 0.1553 1.0538 0.6608
358 Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related activities
7.62 3.32 14.73 1.0000 0.3499 1.6478 0.6139 0.2252 1.0691 0.6608
359 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles
6.98 4.49 12.32 1.0000 0.6125 1.3650 0.4587 0.2492 0.8896 0.4330
360 Real estate establishments 7.10 0.85 15.74 1.0000 0.1035 1.7298 0.8894 0.0675 1.1299 0.7000
362 Automotive equipment rental and leasing
5.30 2.91 15.15 1.0000 0.3682 1.6392 0.6080 0.2199 1.0887 0.9000
365 Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
4.16 3.84 14.71 1.0000 0.4434 1.6123 0.5394 0.2820 1.0608 0.8000
367 Legal services 7.27 1.34 16.29 1.0000 0.1523 1.8073 0.8295 0.0998 1.1786 0.9000
368 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
11.13 1.59 15.93 1.0000 0.1814 1.7840 0.8034 0.1187 1.1555 0.9000
369 Architectural, engineering, and related services
9.78 3.57 14.92 1.0000 0.3717 1.6656 0.5922 0.2376 1.0837 0.9000
373 Other computer related services, including facilities management
5.66 1.60 14.79 1.0000 0.1727 1.6584 0.8000 0.1074 1.0696 0.8000
374 Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
10.22 2.94 15.34 1.0000 0.3133 1.7139 0.6570 0.1993 1.1145 0.8000
376 Scientific research and development services
6.88 3.71 14.15 1.0000 0.4113 1.5800 0.5347 0.2527 1.0280 0.4770
377 Advertising and related services 10.16 1.68 15.03 1.0000 0.1944 1.6809 0.7615 0.1234 1.0885 0.8000
380 All other miscellaneous professional, scientific, and technical services
6.32 1.32 14.77 1.0000 0.1435 1.6572 0.8342 0.0920 1.0665 0.8000
382 Employment services 29.27 1.78 16.52 1.0000 0.1726 1.8501 0.8172 0.1090 1.2015 0.8000
384 Office administrative services 10.76 4.45 14.99 1.0000 0.4390 1.6723 0.5421 0.2805 1.0900 0.8000
387 Investigation and security services
26.01 2.25 15.51 1.0000 0.2662 1.7287 0.6895 0.1638 1.1273 0.8000
388 Services to buildings and dwellings
18.15 2.60 12.37 1.0000 0.2968 1.3771 0.5186 0.1838 0.8968 0.8000
390 Waste management and remediation services
5.57 2.67 13.94 1.0000 0.3431 1.5434 0.5891 0.2092 1.0071 0.8000
393 Other private educational services
18.16 2.89 14.72 1.0000 0.3315 1.6400 0.5999 0.2080 1.0696 0.8000
394 Offices of physicians, dentists, and other health practitioners
8.81 2.63 15.18 1.0000 0.3073 1.6925 0.6461 0.1944 1.1025 0.9500
395 Home health care services 17.98 2.20 15.72 1.0000 0.2305 1.7566 0.7245 0.1467 1.1431 0.9787
396 Medical and diagnostic labs and outpatient and other ambulatory care services
8.53 3.74 13.99 1.0000 0.4131 1.5597 0.5312 0.2603 1.0147 0.8413
398 Nursing and residential care facilities
18.37 2.27 15.49 1.0000 0.2605 1.7133 0.6779 0.1699 1.1227 0.8993
409 Amusement parks, arcades, and gambling industries
7.73 2.68 15.37 1.0000 0.3149 1.6667 0.6446 0.1991 1.1051 0.7978
411 Hotels and motels, including casino hotels
9.51 3.17 14.68 1.0000 0.3704 1.6039 0.5817 0.2285 1.0582 0.8000
413 Food services and drinking places
17.15 2.25 13.63 1.0000 0.3042 1.4944 0.5590 0.1888 0.9844 0.9000
414 Automotive repair and maintenance, except car washes
15.16 1.92 13.59 1.0000 0.2318 1.4937 0.5658 0.1449 0.9826 0.8883
419 Personal care services 17.07 3.16 15.04 1.0000 0.3591 1.6685 0.5933 0.2318 1.0891 0.9000
421 Dry-cleaning and laundry services
20.82 1.31 16.55 1.0000 0.1554 1.8388 0.7973 0.0962 1.1996 0.9000
424 Grantmaking, giving, and social advocacy organizations
10.60 4.65 13.51 1.0000 0.4983 1.5061 0.4478 0.2988 0.9818 0.6690
425 Civic, social, professional, and similar organizations
11.99 3.65 13.71 1.0000 0.4624 1.5207 0.4874 0.2628 0.9950 0.6690
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IMPLAN Sector
Industry / Social Account
Employment (jobs per million dollars output)
Output (dollars per dollar) Value Added (dollars per
dollar output) Regional Purchase
Coef-ficient
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
Direct Effects
Indirect Effects
Induced Effects
427 US Postal Service 9.62 1.05 16.48 1.0000 0.1234 1.8469 0.8396 0.0712 1.2005 0.6966
437 * Employment and payroll only (state & local govt., non-education)
13.26 0.00 17.54 1.0000 0.0000 1.9693 1.0000 0.0000 1.2760 1.0000
438 * Employment and payroll only (state & local govt., education)
16.68 0.00 17.54 1.0000 0.0000 1.9694 1.0000 0.0000 1.2761 1.0000
10001 Labor income 0.00 0.00 18.06 0.0000 0.0000 2.0261 0.0000 0.0000 1.3162 1.0000
10002 Households 10-15k 8.75 0.00 7.32 1.0000 0.0000 0.8365 0.6317 0.0000 0.5284 1.0000
10003 Households 15-25k 8.84 0.00 8.01 1.0000 0.0000 0.9065 0.6403 0.0000 0.5804 1.0000
10004 Households 25-35k 8.88 0.00 7.98 1.0000 0.0000 0.8991 0.6374 0.0000 0.5731 1.0000
10005 Households 35-50k 8.95 0.00 8.56 1.0000 0.0000 0.9557 0.6413 0.0000 0.6128 1.0000
10006 Households 50-75k 8.84 0.00 8.76 1.0000 0.0000 0.9913 0.6452 0.0000 0.6396 1.0000
10007 Households 75-100k 8.89 0.00 9.01 1.0000 0.0000 1.0137 0.6464 0.0000 0.6552 1.0000
10009 Households 150k+ 8.96 0.00 9.55 1.0000 0.0000 1.0658 0.6447 0.0000 0.6871 1.0000
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Appendix D. Descriptions of Institutions in the State University System of Florida
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) was founded as the State Normal College for Colored Students,
and on October 3, 1887, it began classes with fifteen students and two instructors. Today, FAMU, as the university has
become affectionately known, is the premiere state school among historically black colleges and universities. Florida
A&M University remains the only historically black university in the eleven member State University System of Florida. It
additionally has a campus in Orlando, Florida and a Research and Development Center in Quincy, Florida as well as
extension campuses of its College of Pharmacy in Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa and Crestview, Florida. FAMU is designated
as a general purpose institution with curricular offerings in most of the arts and sciences, business, and education at the
baccalaureate level and in some graduate degree programs. The university is directed to develop a set of academic
programs to attract a statewide, rather than a more limited regional, student population. The university offers 62
bachelor's degrees in 103 majors/tracks; 36 master's degrees with 56 majors/tracks are also offered within eleven of the
university's 13 schools and colleges. In addition, two professional degrees and eleven PhD degree programs are offered.
In the fall of 1997, FAMU was selected as the TIME Magazine-Princeton Review "College of the Year" and was cited in
1999 by Black Issues in Higher Education for awarding more baccalaureate degrees to African-Americans than any
institutions in the nation. (Source: http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?catalog&GeneralInformation).
Florida Atlantic University (FAU) was established by the Florida State Legislature in 1961 as the fifth university in the
state system. When it originally opened in 1964, FAU was the first university in the country to offer only upper-division
and graduate-level work. This model was based on the theory that freshmen and sophomores would be served by the
community/state college system. Located in rapidly growing South Florida, the University responded to population
growth and the need to provide increased access to higher education by admitting its first freshman class in 1984.
Today, with its developed system of distributed campuses and sites, Florida Atlantic University serves as a model for
urban, regional universities of the future. It offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs and
enrolls 28,000 students who reflect the rich cultural diversity of the region. Florida Atlantic University’s colleges include
the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the
College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes
Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E.
Schmidt College of Science. These colleges offer more than 170 degree programs—83 bachelors, 73 masters, 3 specialist
and 22 doctoral degrees. (Source: http://www.fau.edu/registrar/universitycatalog/welcome.php)
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) was authorized in 1991, and began admitting students in 1997 to its 760 acre
campus located south of Fort Meyers, Florida. During the past decade student enrollment increases have averaged from
6 to 24 percent, to the current enrollment of 12,000. Students today can earn bachelor’s Master’s or Doctorate degrees
in undergraduate and graduate programs in colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, Health Professions, Business or
Engineering. Graduate degrees are offered in a variety of areas of study: accounting, computer information systems,
economics, finance, management and marketing and awarded in accounting and taxation, computer information
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systems and business administration, and the University offers a dynamic Honors program as a means whereby students
may maximize their academic experience. FCUs Academic Learning Compact initiative helps students identify core
student learning outcomes and align expectations with curricula and assessment as a means of guiding continuous
student improvement. From 1997-08 to 2009-10, the university’s research and sponsored programs grew from just
under $3 million to $14.4 million. (Source: http://www.fgcu.edu/catalog)
Florida International University (FIU) was established by the Florida Legislature in 1965. Classes began in September
1972, with 5,667 students enrolled in upper division and graduate programs – the largest opening day enrollment in U.S.
collegiate history. In 1984, FIU received authority to begin offering degree programs at the doctoral level. The Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ranks FIU as a Research University in the High Research Activity Category.
The University offers more than 190 baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degree programs in 23 colleges and schools,
including: the College of Architecture and the Arts (School of Architecture, School of Art and Art History, School of
Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Speech Communication); College of Arts and Sciences; College of Business
Administration (School of Accounting, Chapman Graduate School); College of Education; College of Engineering and
Computing (School of Computing and Information Sciences); College of Nursing and Health Sciences; College of Social
Work, Justice, and Public Affairs (School of Criminal Justice, School of Public Administration, School of Social Work);
Honors College; Robert Stempel School of Public Health; School of Journalism and Mass Communication; School of
Hospitality and Tourism Management; College of Law; and the University Graduate School. FIU has more than 38,614
students, 1,180 full-time faculty, and more than 146,000 alumni, making it the largest university in South Florida and
placing it among the nation’s largest colleges and universities. The University has two campuses – University Park in
western Miami-Dade County and the Biscayne Bay Campus in northeast Miami-Dade County – and an educational
facility at the Pines Educational Center in nearby Broward County. (Source: http://catalog.fiu.edu)
Florida State University (FSU), located in Tallahassee, Florida, was first designated as Florida State University when, in
1947 the Governor of Florida signed an act of the Legislature that returned Florida State College for Women to
coeducational status and named it The Florida State University. The student body then numbering 4,056, now numbers
40,255 students. FSU currently awards over 2,000 graduate and professional degrees each year, and comprises 16
independent colleges and 39 centers, facilities, labs and institutes that offer more than 300 programs of study. Its main
campus is 452 acres. Notable among its endeavors are the Marine Laboratory on the Gulf Coast, the National High
Magnetic Field Laboratory and Division of Research at Florida State’s Southwest Campus and the branch campus in
Panama City, Florida. During fiscal year 2010, Florida State University’s faculty generated a record $215 million in funding
to supplement state funds used for research. These external funds, derived through contracts and grants from various
private foundations, industries, and government agencies, are used to provide stipends for graduate students, to improve
research facilities, and to support the research itself. Many members of Florida State University’s faculty are renowned
scholars in their fields. In the natural sciences, Florida State University is perhaps best known for its basic research
programs in physics, chemistry and biochemistry, biology, psychology, meteorology, and oceanography. Its programs in
materials science, high-field magnet research, superconductivity, geology, mathematics, computer science, and statistics
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also have strong research components, both basic and applied. Since 1982, Florida State has operated a College of
Engineering as a joint program with Florida A&M University, an enterprise combining strengths in mechanical, electrical
and computer, civil, environmental, chemical and biomedical, and industrial and manufacturing engineering. The Florida
State University College of Medicine, founded by statute in 2000, has major research components in the biomedical and
clinical sciences, family medicine and rural health, geriatrics, and medical humanities and social sciences.
(Sources: http://gradschool.fsu.edu/; http://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergrad/) and Ross Ellington, Associate VP for
Research, FSU, personal communication.
New College of Florida (NCF) became the eleventh independent school in the Florida State University System in 2001.
New College's 144-acre bay front campus is located in west Sarasota, Florida, approximately fifty miles to the south of
Tampa. Situated between Sarasota Bay and the Sarasota-Bradenton airport, the college lies within a public educational,
cultural, and historic district that includes the John and Mable Ringling Museum of art and the Asolo Theatre. The
primary campus is located on the former Edyth and Charles Ringling estate. Today, as Florida's independent honors
college, New College retains a distinctive academic program, while enjoying the benefits and accessibility that being a
public university affords. Students are encouraged to chart their own course at New College, choosing from more than
40 majors or design a multi-disciplinary or special area of concentration. With a 10-to-one student/faculty ration
students work closely with faculty, exploring their personal interests and achieving their educational goals through
independent projects, group study and research projects on and off campus. Students complete seven contracts prior to
graduation in lieu of credit hours and, working with their faculty advisor, create a written agreement each semester that
sets criteria for their success. Each contract usually includes three to five academic activities (courses, tutorials,
internships, independent reading projects) that are designed to develop their personal educational goals. Professors
provide Narrative Evaluations instead of grades for each course or project completed. The goal is to give students
useful, informative feedback on their studies in a holistic context rather than assigning grades that may not tell the
whole story. (Source: http://ncf.edu/general-catalog).
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida. The
university was authorized by the Florida State Legislature in 1963, and opened its doors in 1968 as Florida Technological
University, with the goal of providing highly-trained personnel to support the Kennedy Space Center. The university was
renamed the University of Central Florida in 1978. Once known mainly as a small commuter and technology school, in
recent years UCF has undertaken an effort to increase its academic and research standings while also evolving into a
more traditional research university. The university has changed dramatically since its founding in 1963. As of 2011,
there were approximately 58,587 students attending classes on twelve satellite campuses spread across Central Florida.
Today’s student population represents over 140 countries, all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Most are located
on the university's 1,415-acre (573 ha) main campus approximately 13 miles (21 km) east-northeast of downtown
Orlando. UCF currently is the largest university in the nation in terms of undergraduate enrollment, the largest
university in Florida, and in 2003 held the distinction of being the fastest-growing university in the United States. The
university’s exponential growth in student population was highlighted when, during its Spring ceremonies, its 200,000
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degree was awarded, (including 35,000 graduate and professional degrees to nearly 170,000 alumni worldwide). This
was less than five years after awarding its 150,000th diploma. UCF offers over 225 separate degree options through
twelve colleges and its satellite campuses. Designated as a space-grant university, the university has made notable
research contributions to optics, modeling and simulation, digital media, engineering and computer science, business
administration, education, and hospitality management. Source: http://www.graduatecatalog.ucf.edu).
The University of Florida (UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant research university, one of the most
comprehensive in the United States. Located on a 2,000-acre campus in Gainesville, Florida, It traces its historical origins
to 1853 and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906. The University of
Florida is one of three "research flagship universities" within the State University System of Florida. It is the second-
largest Florida university by student population and the sixth largest single-campus university in the United States by
student population. The University of Florida is home to sixteen academic colleges and more than 150 research centers
and institutes. It offers multiple graduate and professional programs—including business administration, engineering,
law and medicine--on one contiguous campus and administers 123 masters degree programs and 76 doctoral degree
programs in 87 schools and departments. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and has high
national rankings by academic assessment institutions and consistently ranks within the top 100 universities worldwide.
Its faculty and staff are dedicated to the common pursuit of the university's threefold mission: teaching, research and
service. Sources: http://www.registrar.ufl.edu; http://gradschool.ufl.edu/GimsPublic/Acalog/Faculty.aspx).
The University of North Florida (UNF) is a comprehensive, metropolitan university offering degree programs at the
baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Initially established as an upper division and master’s degree-granting
institution, UNF began offering classes in 1972 to a 2,000-member student body. In 1984, freshmen and sophomores
were admitted. In 1990 the university opened a doctoral program in educational leadership and in 2007, UNF added a
doctorate in nursing practice and a doctorate in physical therapy. UNF remains one of the most selective comprehensive
universities in America. In fall 2010, approximately 1 out of every 8 freshman applicants enrolled in the fall class. With a
mean SAT score of 1204 and grade point average of 3.79, UNF’s 2010 fall freshman class reflected the university’s
commitment to high-quality undergraduate education. The university is committed to diversity with the belief that
exposure to an extraordinary blend of students offers a rich and rewarding educational experience. Of the more than
16,320 students enrolled at UNF for the 2010 fall term, about 56 percent were women, just under 24 percent were
minorities, and 89 percent were undergraduates. (Source: http://www.unf.edu/cat--).
The University of South Florida (USF), located the Tampa, Florida area, broke ground in 1958 and enrolled
approximately 2000 students in 1960. A St. Petersburg, Florida campus opened in1965. USF established a College of
Medicine and New College in Sarasota became part of USF in the 1970s. Several landmark developments occurred
during the 1980s: a graduate school was established, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute opened,
and when the Lakeland, Florida campus opened, enrollments surged past 30,000. In the 1990s, USF research funding
exceeded $100 million and there was widespread recognition of USF as a major research university. The university
today has almost 43,000 students enrolled in 200 undergraduate and graduate programs. The Carnegie Foundation for
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the Advancement of Learning ranks USF in the top tier of U.S. research universities. (Sources:
http://www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs.htm ; http://www.grad.usf.edu/catalog.asp).
The University of West Florida (UWF) was established in 1963. Two years later, ground was broken, and classes began
in the fall of 1967. UWF has three colleges, Arts and Sciences, Business, and Professional Studies. In 2009/10 it had a
total student population of approximately 11,200. Undergraduate degrees are offered in 51 areas, master’s degrees in
25 areas, two specialist degrees, and a doctorate of education. In addition to UWF’s main campus, the University serves
student populations east of Santa Rosa County at UWF Emerald Coast locations in Fort Walton Beach, Eglin Air Force
Base, Hurlburt Field and shared facilities at regional community colleges. UWF's Archaeology Institute offers a unique
marine archaeology program as does its terrestrial archaeology program, and its Center for Environmental Diagnostics
and Bioremediation conducts invaluable research on the health of Northwest Florida’s natural resources. UWF also has
developed a four-year nursing degree in partnership with Northwest Florida State College. Source:
http://catalog.uwf.edu).
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Appendix E. Visitor Attendance and Spending at the University of Florida
Spending by visitors to University facilities and functions was estimated from visitor counts provided by various UF
organizations and average per-visitor-day spending estimates provided by VISIT FLORIDA and the Alachua County
Visitors and Convention Bureau. UF Visitor expenditures were estimated from the number of unaffiliated (not UF
employee, student, or family) visitor days to UF events, facilities or attractions, and average travel expense data for
Florida in 2009 provided by VISIT FLORIDA. Spending by visitors was only included for unaffiliated persons, i.e., excluding
University faculty, staff and students. Data on attendance to various athletic events were provided by the University
Athletic Association and the management of the O’Connell Center. Visitor attendance and spending for UF athletic
events is detailed in Table E1. Overall, about 64 percent of the estimated 1.3 million athletic visitors were estimated to
be unaffiliated with UF, and about 9.4 percent of total visitors were estimated to come from outside the State. Football
was the dominant venue for athletic visitors, accounting for 770,550, or 59 percent of total attendance, and nearly 88
percent of athletic visitor spending. Total visitor spending for athletic events was estimated at $88.7 million, including
$30.6 million by out-of-state visitors. This is a substantially higher value than estimated in the 2005-06 study because
the out-of-state visitor attendance to home football games was revised upward, and one-half of the attendees to the
Georgia game in Jacksonville, Florida were also treated as out-of-state visitors.
Table E1. Athletic event attendance and expenditures by spectators at the University of Florida in FY 2009-10
Sport Overall
Attendance
Non-Affiliated
Attendance
Out-of-state Attendance
In-state Visitor
Spending
Out-of-state Visitor
Spending
Total Spending
Person-nights Thousand Dollars
Football 770,550 559,387 114,185 48,677 29,066 77,743 Basketball 216,181 108,091 3,243 2,099 321 2,421 Baseball 126,195 63,098 1,893 3,596 550 4,147 Gymnastics 47,507 23,754 713 790 121 911 Volleyball 44,294 22,147 664 297 45 343 Softball 27,633 13,817 414 460 70 530 Soccer 17,867 8,934 268 233 36 269 Swimming/Diving
14,025 7,013 210 57 9 65 Track, Indoors 3,400 1,700 51 737 113 850 Lacrosse 7,539 3,770 113 125 19 145 Tennis 5,497 2,749 82 91 14 105 Track & Field 14,400 10,080 1,440 706 244 951 Other 10,000 5,000 150 166 25 192
Total 1,305,088 829,536 123,427 58,037 30,634 88,671 Sources: University Athletic Association, Stephen C. O'Connell Center, www.gatorzone.com.
The University of Florida provides an array of events and facilities that draw visitors for healthcare, educational, and
cultural purposes including Shands healthcare, commencements, orientations, conventions, continuing education,
lectures, presentations, recitals and concerts. Estimated visitation and spending at these UF related venues and events
are shown in Table C2. For FY2009-10, it is estimated that there were a total of 3.4 million non-athletic visitor-days to
University related venues and events, of which 2.4 million were by non-affiliated persons. Total spending by in-state
visitors was estimated at $114 million, and spending by out-of-state visitors was estimated at over $30 million.
Altogether, $144 million was spent in association with non-athletic related visits to University related events and
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facilities. Visits and spending associated with Shands healthcare dominated this class of visitation, followed by visitation
to the Florida Museum of Natural History and University commencement exercises.
Table E2. Non-athletic event attendance and visitor expenditures at the University of Florida in FY 2009-10
Venue / Facility / Event Overall Visitor-
Days
Non-Affiliated Visitor-
Days
In-State Visitor-
Days
Out-of-State
Visitor-Days
In-State Visitor
Spending
Out-of-State Visitor
Spending
Total Visitor Spending
O'Connell Center
Concerts & other non-athletic events 67,470 33,735 33,398 337 $2,598,805 $57,248 $2,656,053
UF Commencements (grads & guests) 97,883 65,582 55,744 9,837 $4,623,995 $1,669,380 $6,293,375
Local High School Commencements 11,800 11,800 824 118 $68,914 $20,025 $88,939
Harn Museum of Art 88,195 44,098 43,657 441 $3,406,431 $74,833 $3,481,265
University Auditorium 22,650 8,291 8,208 83 $640,480 $14,070 $654,550
Phillips Performing Arts and Baugham Center
Phillips Commencement 15,723 10,534 8,954 1,580 $742,755 $268,153 $1,010,908
Phillips HS Graduation 3,952 3,952 3,912 40 $305,283 $6,707 $311,990
Phillips Unaffiliated local 33,562 6,712 6,377 336 $497,567 $56,955 $554,522
Phillips Affiliated local 20,737 2,074 1,970 104 $153,716 $17,595 $171,312
Baugham Center 4,713 2,357 2,121 236 $165,486 $39,990 $205,475
Florida Museum of Natural History 188,544 143,293 78,811 64,482 $6,368,749 $10,942,604 $17,311,352
Career Resource Center
Employer participants in events 709 709 355 355 $65,923 $120,317 $186,240
Student Interviews 220 220 110 110 $20,456 $37,334 $57,790
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Freshmen Prospective Students 6,400 6,400 6,144 256 $1,179,525 $86,886 $1,266,412
Freshmen family members 7,900 7,900 7,584 316 $1,410,321 $107,250 $1,517,571
Transfer students 2,400 2,400 2,304 96 $188,652 $16,291 $204,943
Family weekend 2,300 2,300 2,208 92 $410,600 $31,225 $441,824
Athletic camps (All costs in tuition) 8,262 7,436 0
Band Camp (All cost in tuition) 200 180 0
UF Conferences & Continuing Ed. 14,967 13,470 10,523 2,982 $2,174,931 $1,811,887 $3,986,818
IFAS Conferences & Continuing Ed. 9,073 8,166 6,730 1,480 $1,936,790 $705,833 $2,642,623
Shands Healthcare
Admissions 85,450 64,088
Emergency Room Visits 211,449 158,587 152,085 6,502 $1,505,638 $1,103,399 $2,609,037
Outpatient Visits 1,116,312 837,234 802,907 34,327 $7,948,783 $5,825,223 $13,774,006
Accompanying Admissions 85,450 64,088 61,460 2,628 $6,619,233 $891,803 $7,511,036
Accompanying Emergency Rm. Visits 105,725 79,293 76,042 3,251 $5,982,251 $551,700 $6,533,951
Accompanying Outpatient Visits 1,116,312 837,234 802,907 34,327 $63,164,726 $5,825,223 $68,989,949
College of Veterinary Medicine Hospitals 16,000 12,000 10,800 1,200 $907,416 $203,640 $1,111,056
Totals 3,367,008 2,442,423 2,194,344 165,597 $113,727,906 $30,499,642 $144,227,548
Table E3. Total Economic Impacts in the State of Florida by Visitor Spending Associated with the University of Florida in FY 2009-10
Activity or Entity
Employ-
ment
Impacts
Output
Impacts
Value
Added
Impacts
Labor
Income
Impacts
Indirect
Business
Taxes
Impacts
Jobs* ----------------------------------Million $-------------------------- Cultural & academic venues 2,320 168.84 118.78 76.46 18.19 Athletic events 1,533 121.01 82.69 52.98 11.64
Total 3,853 289.85 201.47 129.44 29.83
Note: total impacts represent direct effect multiplier applied to in-state spending, plus indirect and induced effects multipliers applied to in-state
expenditures funded from sources outside Florida. * Employment impacts represent fulltime, part-time, and seasonal jobs.
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Appendix F. Economic Impacts of Technology Spinoff Companies Affiliated with the
University of Florida
To evaluate the economic impacts of UF technology based spin-off businesses started by UF employees or students, or
from patents and copyrights developed at UF, data on the number jobs created by these businesses was collected for
Progress Park in Alachua, Florida and from the UF TechConnect Program, provided by the UF Office of Technology
Licensing. These job numbers were converted into revenues using regional averages available for each type of business
within IMPLAN. The estimated revenues of 50 companies were allocated between 16 different IMPLAN sectors. Most
of these spin-off businesses were involved in biological or medical technology. Among Spin-offs that had begun
manufacturing activities, the most common types were Biological Product (except diagnostic) Manufacturing (IMPLAN
sector 135); Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, (sector 305); and, Custom Computer Programming
Services, (sector 371). Spin-off businesses that had not yet begun production activities were classified as Scientific
Research and Development Services (IMPLAN sector 376).
Table F1. Expenditures by University of Florida affiliated technology spin-off companies in FY 2009-10
Type of Business Total
Expenditures (million $)
Expenditures In-State
(million $)
Expenditures from Outside
Sources (million $)
Biological/Medical Technology 475.51 475.51 475.51
Electronics 9.91 9.91 9.91
Telecommunications 4.36 4.36 4.36
Computers and Networking 10.71 10.71 10.71
Scientific research and development services 29.35 29.35 29.35
Other 13.40 13.40 13.40
Total 543.24 543.24 543.24
Table F2. Total economic impacts in the State of Florida by University of Florida affiliated technology spinoff companies in FY 2009-10
Type of Business
Employment Impacts
Output Impacts
Value Added
Impacts
Labor Income Impacts
Indirect Business
Taxes Impacts
Jobs -----------------------Million $---------------------- Biological/Medical Technology 6,776 1,255.32 568.83 361.02 166.18
Electronics 155 24.59 12.19 8.08 3.27
Telecommunications 56 11.07 4.87 3.27 1.25
Computers and Networking 245 28.86 17.22 13.09 3.06
Scientific research and development services 686 84.07 49.24 36.40 9.93
Other 180 30.07 14.59 9.67 4.04
Total 8,098 1,433.98 666.94 431.54 47.66
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Appendix G. Key Facts about Florida State University’s Economic Impact on Tallahassee-Leon County in 2010
FSU is an institution of 40,000 students supported by about 6,400 faculty and staff, with a total budget of $1.05 billion per year.4
For fiscal year 2010, FSU employed more than 13,000 employees and the average bi-weekly payroll was $21.6 million. Approximately 48% of these employees were OPS and this resulted in a yearly payroll of about $550 million.5
The FSU 10 Year Campus Master Plan identifies approximately $1.8 billion worth of capital projects, with only $112 million of those projects outside Tallahassee. Thus, the primary impact of FSU’s construction activity will be through local companies and local employees. The total PECO appropriation for construction for FSU in 2009/10 was $12.2 million.6
In the past three years, FSU’s PECO appropriations have totaled 102.4 million, contributing significant revenue to the local economy in construction alone.7
The approved appropriated FY10 operating budget for the City of Tallahassee totals $718,726,886 which represents a decrease of $122,735,729 or approximately 14.59% over the approved 2009 budget.8 FSU’s operating budget is 1.46 times the City of Tallahassee’s operating budget.
The campus electric utility bill (to the City of Tallahassee) is $30, 955,522 this year9 – approximately 8.7% percent of the City of Tallahassee’s total electric utility revenues.10
FSU Florida State University is the top user of electricity in the City of Tallahassee followed closely by the State of Florida.11 In 2010 the university used more electricity than Leon County’s public schools, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Wal-Mart, Publix, federal and county government combined.
FSU researchers have been successful, bringing in $215,291,225 in contracts and grants, an increase of 1.074% from last year.12
Florida State faculty members attract almost $200 million a year in research dollars. Florida State consistently ranks in the top 15 universities nationally in physical sciences grants awarded by the National Science Foundation.13
Each research dollar spent in the State of Florida increases personal income statewide by nearly $5.50.14 That means the university’s $215,291,225 million in contracts and grants generate over a billion dollars in spending power.15
From fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2010 (ending June 30, 2010), the Foundation processed 9,510 student scholarships and fellowships, awarding $18,447,697.06 to deserving Florida State students (an average of $6,149,232.35 per year).16
4 Browning Brooks, Director: News and Public Affairs ([email protected])
5 Browning Brooks, Director: News and Public Affairs ([email protected])
6 Browning Brooks, Director: News and Public Affairs ([email protected]), http://www.facilities.fsu.edu
7 Browning Brooks, Director: News and Public Affairs ([email protected])
8 http://www.talgov.com, Florida State University Beginning Annual Operating Budget for FY09-10
9 FSU Electric Utilities paid to COT; FSU Utilities Accounting (Debbie Gill)
10 City of Tallahassee (COT) Annual Report to Bondholders 2010, p. 25, received total operating revenues
11 Tom Gillman, City of Tallahassee (850-891-6122)
12 Florida State University Division of Sponsored Research (850-644-9694)
13 Browning Brooks, Director: News and Public Affairs ([email protected])
14 www.cefa.fsu.edu
15 Florida State University Division of Sponsored Research (850-644-9694)
16 Florida State University Foundation: Susan Sigman, Senior Director of Communications (850-645-8844), Jerry Ganz, Chief Financial Officer (850-
644-0766) and Lynda Williams, Accounting Specialist (850-644-0751)
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From fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2010 (ending June 30, 2010), the Foundation disbursed $112,480,612.56 in support of scholarships, fellowships, professorships, eminent scholar chairs, programs and other resources at Florida State and to the local, regional, national and even international community.17
University faculty and staff contribute to the local economy through purchases and taxes. Assuming an average value of $170,357 per home, the total assessed value of FSU faculty and staff’s personal residential property is around $1.09 billion.18
FSU faculty and staff alone paid nearly $6.7 million in sales tax during the past year. Total FSU employees (including OPS) alone paid about $13.7 million in sales tax.19
The 40,000 FSU students generate $705 million a year in direct revenues for the city’s economy through their spending for housing, food, books, utilities, gasoline, entertainment—all the expenses that go into a college education.20
In 2007, almost 630,000 people visited Leon County for reasons related to FSU—from prospective students and their families to the world’s most eminent scientists and artists. Altogether, they spent over $200 million on shopping, restaurants, entertainment, groceries, lodging, transportation, sports activities and events, arts and cultural activities, and other attractions21.
Game weekends have significant economic impact. A game like UM vs. FSU, which drew a record 85,000 fans, has a $15 million economic impact from visitors. A standard game brings in $2.5 to $5 million plus another 50 percent from the multiplier effect.22
FSU Athletics and The Seminole Boosters’ budget total $55 million. They maintain approximately 170 full-time employees almost 200 part-time OPS employees. During football season, FSU adds hundreds of additional part-time opportunities alongside approximately 1,000 people who volunteer for different service organizations.23
Faculty members have obtained over 500 patents worldwide and created over 15 start-up businesses locally. In the fiscal year 2009, there were 72 patents filed, 10 U.S. patents issued, and 2 start-up businesses locally.24
Florida State University students have completed a total of 216,298.75 hours of volunteer work through community outreach programs (2009 calendar year).25 The ServScript Program at FSU has had a significant impact on campus encouraging students to participate in volunteer work in and around the Tallahassee area. Assuming those students had been paid $7.25 (2009 minimum wage in Florida and federal minimum wage) an hour to perform their jobs, it would have cost local businesses, government and others approximately $1.6 million in salaries.26
Faculty and staff volunteers at FSU also contribute their time, skills and funds to countless volunteer and community outreach efforts.
About 24% of FSU employees contribute to The United Way of the Big Bend. Approximately 19% of employees contribute to the FSU Foundation.
There are 31,637 FSU alumni who live and own businesses in Leon County. Around 35,000 faculty, staff and alumni retire here in the Big Bend area continuing to be a part of its economic health.27
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Florida State University Foundation: Susan Sigman, Senior Director of Communications (850-645-8844), Jerry Ganz, Chief Financial Officer (850-644-0766) and Lynda Williams, Accounting Specialist (850-644-0751) 18
http://www.homeinsight.com.
19 CEFA calculation based on previous figures
20 CEFA calculation using FSU Office of Budget and Analysis Andrew Brady’s data based on FSU student handbook
21 FSU-related visitor expenditures based on 2004 visitor’s spending data for FSU with estimated percentage reduction provided by Dr. Mark Bonn,
and calculations performed by CEFA 22
Dr. Mark Bonn, FSU Professor in College of Business and School of Hospitality, June 2008 23
The Orlando Sentinel and Michelle Pohto, Athletics Administration (850-644-0416) 24
Eric McNair, Office of IP Development and Commercialization at Florida State University (850-644-3328) 25
Samantha Nix, Center for Leadership and Civic Education at Florida State University(850-644-3342) 26
http://www.floridajobs.org, US Department of Labor 27
Jonathan Wallace, FSU Foundation/Information Assistant & Writer, Public Affairs ([email protected])
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Jobs directly and indirectly related to FSU total approximately 34 percent of employment in the Tallahassee area.28
Based on student spending, the university budget and estimated visitors’ spending at FSU, the economic impact of FSU on the state economy was estimated at $3.4 billion. This spending generated over 45,000 jobs (direct, indirect and induced) locally.29
If FSU were removed from Leon County today, about 20% (one-fifth) of Leon County’s economic impact would be lost—and that does not include the economic value of the community outreach we sponsor and conduct for students of all ages, teachers and others.30
FSU’s campus is a total of 19,669,518 ft2 and its covered areas are a total of 9,559,759 ft2 (gross). It has the 9th largest total campus area out of the universities in the State University System and the 3rd largest building gross square footage.
28
CEFA calculation based on economic impact analysis 29
Economic impact analysis in 2007 performed by CEFA using IMPLAN 2006 (for Leon County) 30
Economic impact analysis in 2007 performed by CEFA using IMPLAN 2006 (for Leon County)
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Appendix H. Florida State University Commercialization Fact Sheet
“Research universities are the world’s great venture capitalists for investments in human capital—that is, knowledge. “ --Caroline Hoxby, the Bommer professor in economics at Stanford University. FSU COMMERCIALIZATION
Start-Up Companies. In the last 10 years, FSU has licensed 25 start-ups businesses-- 3 coming from the National High
Magnetic Laboratory (NHMFL). See http://www.research.fsu.edu/techtransfer/example.html.
Among those companies, 4 applied for public grant funds ($3.5 million dollars awarded); a further $5 million competitive
contract won, and 339 new jobs are projected over the next 5 years based on successful growth.
Examples:
Sunnyland Solar: A solar devise resembling an oversized sausage-shaped balloon has been scaled up to generate
electricity. As a result, a company, Sunnyland Solar was created and is contracting with the Tallahassee utility to
sell its solar generated electricity.
Powers Device: In November 2011, the company will introduce a medical device called PAL which teaches
premature infants to feed themselves resulting in shorter hospital stays, resulting in fewer problems for children
in later life and huge savings to the health care system.
High Performance Magnetics Inc.: The Company is building a perfect mile-long superconducting wire, created
with millions of fine wires, each spliced and operating near absolute zero. This is a tiny component of a device in
France which will mimic the power of the sun. The company won a $5 million competitive contract.
BevShots: The Company is turning national award-winning art from microscopic images created at the NHMFL
into products for the home as well as apparel.
Weather Predict: The Company uses FSU created data and software to predict the weather as well as the path
of hurricanes. The National Hurricane Center in Miami includes the predictions in its analysis to alert citizens to
severe weather. This information is purchased by many entities.
LICENSES TO EXISTING COMPANIES
FSU creative research has led to 25 products in the US marketplace benefiting people and saving lives. In each case, the
companies licensed have products which support jobs. These products range from the world renowned cancer drug
Taxol™ to the Seminole Fight Song sheet music. Bristol-Myers Squibb estimated that in the first five years after the
synthesis technology of FSU Chemistry professor Bob Holton allowed them to offer the drug Taxol™ globally, over 2
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million women used the drug in their fight against breast and ovarian cancers. See
http://www.research.fsu.edu/techtransfer/.
FSU’s Mimi Graham is Director of the Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy. They created a series of
training manuals for homecare visitors to prepare them to work with unwed mothers to gain confidence in dealing with
their first birth and coping with the new baby. The manuals are sold worldwide and there is growing evidence that they
improve survival rates of mother and child. See Partners for a Health Baby – books and handouts.
http://www.research.fsu.edu/techtransfer/showcase/partnerbooks.html.
FSU COMMERCIALIZATION AT A GLANCE (last five years)
The Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization (OIPDC) assists faculty, staff and students to
move their innovative research results and creative work into public use by licensing to outside organizations to develop
and market products based on FSU research. The base budget of OIPDC is funded from the overhead on competitively
won grants obtained by faculty. No state funds contribute to the base budget which covers salaries, office expenses and
annual monies for patent coverage. The Office also manages two additional programs – the GAP programs of internal
grants to faculty for ‘proof of concept’ commercialization work, and the Equipment Grant Program to encourage
multidisciplinary research leading to increased research funding from traditional federal sources. OIPDC has also been
awarded competitive state funds to accelerate start-up creation.
FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 Average
Invention Disclosures 39 45 41 38 58 44
Work Disclosures 5 11 4 7 4 5 Patent applications 69 56 72 65 75 67 Issued Patents 19 11 10 21 36 19 Licenses signed 13 11 12 6 11 10 Spin-off companies 2 2 3 3 3 2.6 Active Licenses 52 60 63 65 68 62 Royalties ($M) $2.19 $0.99 $0.92 $1.22 $1.18 $1.300 Other Revenue $0.30 $0.76 $0.57 $0.14 $0.10 $.37 Linked R&D contracts $(M) $1.35 $2.35 $1.10 $2.10 $3.77 $2.1
Total Revenue$(M) $3.84 $4.09 $2.59 $3.46 $5.09 $3.8 Total Research Expend. $(M) $199.0 $206.5 $197.0 $218.0 225.1 $209